Suburbicon

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Suburbicon

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2017

1h 45m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

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Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic, suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns -- the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. But the tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge must navigate the town's dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit and violence.

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Critics Consensus

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.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

12/01/2017

2/5

You know what they say about the road to hell. Here the good intentions are so compromised they scarcely merit the description.

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

11/27/2017

2/5

A strong cast and talented director never make the whole add up.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

11/26/2017

2/5

Clooney, what on earth were you thinking?

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 31

2/5

The most dazzling trait of "Suburbicon" is the inanimate. Anything living and organic is witless and half-baked.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/17/2022

2/4

Damon, Moore, Jupe, and Isaac are all excellent, though their performances have been sunk by the uneven script and Clooney's inability to replicate the Coens' balance of several playful, sometimes contradictory modes at once.

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Fletcher Powell

KMUW - Wichita Public Radio

07/21/2021

What a mess.

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M G

@gennuso 5d

suspense drama . its about a Mafia family or maybe a Jewish mafia family ? He was asked if he's Jewish .maybe an inside joke. not sure what that had to do with the movie. And he had me fooled up until the end . I didn't know he was actually a bad guy until the end

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Rodney E

@BeachCrazy Dec 28

This is a well-done story despite the distaste many have for it. Imagine if a filmmaker places the worst parts of America in the front of our minds...the parts of America some want others to forget. This is one of those times when self-identity may define this story for us. One main point is that good people were/are subject to the worst form of violent hate.

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Thomas S

@RT38038238 04/05/2025

Enjoyable with a few laughs

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Blu B

@RT43513976 08/13/2024

Not really boring but just not really well put together at all. I'm not sure what Clooney was going for here. A satire on middle class life? the 50's? Racial Relations? A Hitchcock mystery? All of the Above? Regardless it just never comes together at all. It's also very unfocused. Sometimes it's from the perspective of the boy, than the parents, than the racial relations, and sometimes a little of all of it. The music also plays nonstop and is way too overused. It's so boring and gets on your nerves. The lighting in this is very dull and lifeless as well. The acting is alright and is the one thing in this that isn't subpar but no one has any real chemistry. None of the dialouge is that snappy either. There isn't any tension at all in this either but it's somehow never boring either. Skip This. I really don't know what this is.

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Georgan G

@RT98616417 01/25/2024

3 & 1/4 stars. This unusual film attracted me as I love the Coen brothers' writing. The plot follows hypocrites in their violence, hatred, selfishness & ignorance. The most amusing part was the son walking in on paddling of step-mom/aunt.

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Stoner J

@Stoner 12/03/2023

This flick is pretty awesome. Mostly cuz all the right people get the axe in the end, well, minus the kids uncle

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Synopsis

Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic, suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns -- the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. But the tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge must navigate the town's dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit and violence.

Director: George Clooney
Producer: Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Teddy Schwarzman
Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Black Bear Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Sexuality|Language|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 23, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.7M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)