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Breaking News in Yuba County

2021

Tate Taylor

Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Awkwafina, Wanda Sykes ...

5.1

520

Comedy. Drama A woman catches her husband in bed with another woman, causing him to die of a heart attack. She buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. However, she soon finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying hide the truth.

	Media	Author	Review
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"One may wonder how Tate Taylor (...) came to direct this amoral, repellent bag of sick"
		Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"Cartoonish to a fault (...) On the page, the screenplay by Amanda Idoko (...) might have been alluring (...) But in the finished product, the jabs hardly feel fresh and don't quite land"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Amanda Idoko’s screenplay does a fairly steady job of surprising, creating more than a dozen memorable characters (...) The result is rather more uneven than such a sprawling group effort requires"
		Ryan Lattanzio IndieWire	"A big ensemble cast of entirely unlikable, unsympathetic characters make Tate Taylor's trashy comedy a mess from top to toe."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"[The director] doesn’t have much new to report about our obsession with celebrity or our need for self-affirmation (...) Taylor can’t juggle the different tones"
		Jade Budowski Decider	"Not even a cast including heavyweights like Allison Janney, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall can save 'Breaking News in Yuba County', a sloppy, mean-spirited attempt at dark satire."
		Allison Shoemaker AV Club	"Both maudlin and cruel, 'Breaking News In Yuba County' deserves no special bulletin"
		Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald	"Here, nearly everybody is trying too hard and when in doubt, they get raucous for want of something better to do (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Wenlei Ma News	"Despite trying to emulate a masterpiece like 'Fargo', this new, star-studded movie is more like a five-day old compost pile that’s been left in the sun (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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