Suburbicon (2017)
April 23, 2018 11:06 AM - Subscribe
As a 1950s suburban community self-destructs, a home invasion has sinister consequences for one seemingly normal family.
In the bosom of Suburbicon, a family-centred, all-white utopia of manicured lawns and friendly locals, a simmering tension is brewing, as the first African-American family moves in the idyllic community, in the hot summer of 1959. However, as the patriarch Gardner Lodge and his family start catching a few disturbing glimpses of the once welcoming neighbourhood's dark underbelly, acts of unprecedented violence paired with a gruesome death will inevitably blemish Suburbicon's picture-perfect facade.
AV Club: Suburbicon’s awkward medley proves that George Clooney is no Coen brother (Grade: C)
Rotten Tomatoes: A disappointing misfire for director George Clooney, Suburbicon attempts to juggle social satire, racial commentary, and murder mystery -- and ends up making a mess of all three. (28% TOMATOMETER)
In the bosom of Suburbicon, a family-centred, all-white utopia of manicured lawns and friendly locals, a simmering tension is brewing, as the first African-American family moves in the idyllic community, in the hot summer of 1959. However, as the patriarch Gardner Lodge and his family start catching a few disturbing glimpses of the once welcoming neighbourhood's dark underbelly, acts of unprecedented violence paired with a gruesome death will inevitably blemish Suburbicon's picture-perfect facade.
AV Club: Suburbicon’s awkward medley proves that George Clooney is no Coen brother (Grade: C)
Rotten Tomatoes: A disappointing misfire for director George Clooney, Suburbicon attempts to juggle social satire, racial commentary, and murder mystery -- and ends up making a mess of all three. (28% TOMATOMETER)
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