The Bus

HD Trailer | IMDB | Release: Spring 2009

Amy Adams stars in a comedy about a woman who starts a crime scene cleanup company.

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There's no set release date for this it seems, but the trailer indicates Spring 2009. Did anyone see this at Sundance?

At this point I don't think there's any non-singing role that I would refuse seeing Amy Adams in.

TheMadMonk

I hope they aren't affiliated with Sunshine Carpet Cleaners. They're a crazy religious cult.
The carpet cleaning is just a means for them to get into your apartment.

Giles

I'm seeing this at the Virginia Film Festival at the end of the month, it sounds so off the wall ( ), I had to check it out.

The Bus

Giles, I briefly considered the drive, hoping this would be in Fairfax County. I'm sorry, I'm not going down to Charlottesville to see a movie.

sauce07

No shit, we need a good film festival in the Northern VA

Giles

the movie impressed me on so many levels, one, the writing (and it helped that the post film Q&A had the producer AND the writer on hand), and the cast - both Amy and Emily seem so completely believable as sisters. The movie balanced the drama with the humour so effortlessly that the premise almost undermines what essentially is a character driven plot - not flat out comedy. It's really too bad that is slated for next March and not earlier.

BDB

I guess I'm a little late to see this compared to Giles, but I really really enjoyed it. Both lead actresses were great.

and I really liked Clifton Collins as Winston.

bigsoos

Saw this flick last night, and I enjoyed it. There were like 8 people total in the theater, so that was nice. The only thing annoying was the hordes of punks out to watch Fast & Furious.

Patman

This was a rather enjoyable bit of character-driven drama. The film features good acting by Amy Adams (Rose) and Emily Blunt (Nora) playing sisters who get involved with crime scene clean-up after the need to make a better living surfaces for both sisters. Alan Arkin (their dad) has his own little subplot as he also serves as a babysitter for Rose's son, Oscar, and Clifton Collins provides a helping hand for the sisters as their new business venture requires not only supplies, but training and certifications.

BTW, I don't know why, but I like Emily Blunt's American accent, it's cute.

I give it 3 stars, or a grade of B.

Giantrobo

I want to see this soon because it looks good.

bigsoos

Question:

JayDerek

^ road trip. She had mentioned that

Daytripper

Terrific little film Everyone turned in great performances. Especially Clifton Collins Jr. I'd give the movie an 8.5/10

BravesMG

But no matter what, this was a great little movie. Emily Blunt lit up the screen every moment she was on, she might be my favorite 'new' actress. Adams, Arkin, Collins, and Zahn were also terrific. There were a couple of little indie crutches, but nothing terribly overwhelming. Liked this a lot, highly recommended.

Daytripper

Yes, Blunt continues to surprise me.

mdc3000

Really liked this one, very cute with great performances. There are a few beats that don't quite work which might have made the film a bit more substantial if they did, but I enjoyed it. It was funny seeing Jason Spevack (the kid Oscar) because he was in a few of my classmates student films when I was at University, so that was cool to see him in something like this. Alan Arkin and the scenes with Oscar are very 'Little Miss Sunshine'-esque but I thought they were great. Emily Blunt was fine, but her character was fairly unlikeable IMO... Amy Adams was perfect though, I really love her 3.5/5

beavis69

Just saw it and loved it till the ending. The ending didnt seem open ended as much as it seemed incomplete. So many relationships built up that saw no end or even a hint at a end. It definitely left a bad taste in my mouth which is unfortunante because up until then i loved it.

kstublen

What was incomplete about it?

kristina

That's what I thought too... the whole LMS humor was pretty dull in my opinion though...

Emily and Amy were believable as sisters...but I agree with the earlier posts about Emily's charecter being unlikeable. I just thought she was too generic.

Tracer Bullet

I just got this from Netflix. Surprised so many people liked it. I thought it was completely unfocused with scenes edited together with little or no regard for plot. The performances were okay, but nothing special.