Suburbicon

A little slice of heaven.


Suburbicon
The Coen/Clooney combo is back with another offbeat film. 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 the husband and father must navigate the town’s dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit, and violence. This is a tale of very flawed people making very bad choices. This is Suburbicon.

104 minutes.
No persons under 18 (Language, Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Drug abuse).
Crime, Detective/Mystery, Drama, Thriller, On the art circuit
The all-American happy family...
The all-American happy family...

Credits

Cast
Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Jack Conley, Noah Jupe, Glenn Fleshler
Director
George Clooney
ScreenplayJoel Coen, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
MusicAlexandre Desplat
CinematographyRobert Elswit
EditingStephen Mirrione
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2017
Produced byBlack Bear Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment, Huahua Media, Silver Pictures, Smokehouse Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageStrong, frequent
NudityNone
SexNone (sic)
ViolenceStrong, frequent
PrejudiceModerate, frequent, prejudice, towards black people in an historical context.
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone (sic)
CommentsContains scenes of Imitative Acts and Techniques.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

USA MPAA rating

R: RestrictedRated R for violence, language and some sexuality
Runtime104
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
5
Blood / Gore / Gross
4
Guns / Weapons
4
Profanity
5
Alcohol / Drugs
2
Smoking
3
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
5
Frightening / Tense Scenes
4
Jump Scenes
3
Tense Family Scenes
5
Music (Scary/Tense)
5
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
5

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
16 +
Positive messages
2
Positive role models
0
Violence
4
Sex
4
Language
4
Consumerism
0
Drinking, drugs, smoking
1

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Brian Viner quote iconNoir 'Suburbicon' is stylish, funny and entertaining.
15
Die Burger
Paul Boekkooi quote iconWit utopia? Die lewe is hél in die suburbs.
5
24.com
Herman Eloff quote iconThe film starts out all sunshine and roses before sliding into a pit of hell. It will leave you uncomfortable and with a lot of questions – which is a good thing.
10
ScreenIt
Jim Judy quote iconOverall, I was disappointed by the film, not only due to its missed opportunities, but also by the inclusion of a separate storyline -- with a noticeably different tone -- that serves as nothing more than an obvious message of being blinded by hate and not realizing what true dangers might be lurking next door in suburbia.
8
Metacritic.com
46 critics
8
Rottentomatoes critics
171 critics
10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconA 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.
5
CommonSenseMedia
Jeffrey M. Anderson quote iconDepressing, violent dark comedy is a big misfire.
2

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
30 users
5
Rottentomatoes users
6957 users
7
IMDB
3063 Netizens
10
The Movie DB
Community
10

Average .. 40%

8

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