Review of Suburbicon (2017) by Cameronhalmans — 10 Nov 2018
On paper, Suburbicon seems pretty unoriginal, if you want to see a masterpiece in this genre then see Fargo, if you want to see a mediocre halfway entertaining film, then Suburbicon is for you. This film isn't the worst movie in the world, it isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be.
There are some bright spots in this. Matt Damon is good with what he's given. Julianne Moore and Oscaar Isaac put on some fun performances as well. The main issue with this movie is the directing and writing from George Clooney.
It seems like the Cohen Brothers gave him a half finished remixed script of Fargo and said have fun with it. Suburbicon tries to bring forth a subplot dealing with racism in the 50's that doesn't fit well at all in the story.
It's incredibly disingenuous and they don't pull it off subtly at all. The subplots misplacement is unbearably glaring that it's hard to believe that professional film makers didn't notice is worthlessness.
My final thought on this film is that all these actions, this plot, this story leads to absolutely nothing. It's mindless entertainment. These characters have no motivations. We hardly know anything about them or why they do the things they do, and in a film like this, that's unforgivable.
Brights spots and all, it's hard to get over all the flaws in this film, a disappointing watch and a let down on potential.
This review of Suburbicon (2017) was written by Cameronhalmans on 10 November 2018.
Suburbicon has generally received mixed reviews.
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