Suburbicon Review

Suburbicon was a good movie that had potential to be great. I actually really enjoyed the first 25 minutes of this movie. Sadly after this point, all the movie’s surprises were shown in the trailer. Matt Damon, as always, gave a great performance even when he's playing a super unlikeable character. Julianne Moore, while she does a decent job, there was just something odd about her performance that kept taking me out of the movie. Oscar Isaac, is great but very underused in a small role. The best performance in this movie comes from newcomer Noah Jupe. Any scenes involving him are the highlights of the movie. The script written by the Coens’ has plenty of potential, but was tampered with by director George Clooney. As for the directing itself, it is serviceable but never anything special. As this movie went on, the story just got less and less interesting. At 1 hour and 44 minutes, this movie dragged a lot and felt way too long. Overall Suburbicon was a good movie that could have been great with some simple fixes.

6/10