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Suburbicon

2017

George Clooney

Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Glenn Fleshler ...

6.0

9,261

Thriller. Drama A crime mystery set in the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, where the best and worst of humanity is reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and betrayal.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"In the hands of director George Clooney, the material has some nasty charms, for sure. But it pushes too hard from the start, then steadily goes off the rails from dark to dyspeptic"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s clearly a close cousin to 'Fargo' (...) It’s a lightly sneaky and entertaining movie (...) [Damon] has created another fascinatingly dark scuzzball scoundrel to add to his gallery of quiet sociopaths."	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"The joints show, making the enjoyable but just-not-quite-there 'Suburbicon' feel like Clooney taking the mic for some pretty decent Coens karaoke"	NEU
United States	Stephanie Zacharek Time	"A misfire on nearly all counts (...) It’s a nearly two-hour-long advertisement for its own progressive ideals (...) 'Suburbicon' is unpleasant to watch"	NEG
United States	Ben Croll IndieWire	"The film gets a bit shakier when it lets its own voice crack through (...) An undeniably entertaining watch, 'Suburbicon' stumbles when it tries to recycle effective old ingredients into something new"	NEU
United States	Stephen Whitty New York Daily News	"Clooney's small 'improvements' can't really ruin the story he started with. 'Suburbicon' is still mostly the Coens' story and mostly fun (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Two films that never quite coalesce into one complete whole (...) But that might give the impression that either film works on their own, which is false (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"The mid-century design succeeds where the satire and thriller elements fail (...) There are plenty of ways that 'Suburbicon' could have gone to have fun with this premise, but it chooses none of them"	NEU
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"I just wish the actual film wasn’t so skimpy and brash and so evidently pleased with itself (...) 'Suburbicon' is too lightweight and mannered; it lacks proper fury (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"A solid, pleasing piece (...) 'Suburbicon' gives a masterclass in heightened production design, worldbuilding which works pleasingly in service of the plot"	POS

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