Suburbicon

It's a shame that the creators didn't manage to liven up the film. Otherwise, it had a great retro vibe, typical Coenesque violence and black humor. They could have done much better. I got a bit bored in places and the incorporation of the black family's problems into the story seemed completely unnecessary. Apart from that, I was quite satisfied, and I had a decent laugh. (15/04/2018)

This is just so bland. I don't think George Clooney has ever makes a good movie. I found it very clunky, boring and long-winded. Matt Damon wasn't a good fit for the role, the plot didn't work for me, I didn't find anything funny, and there is a minor editing error in the finale, but it doesn't save the film. It made me suffer. 35% (23/01/2018)

Clooney's Hitchcockian take on the Coens, even down to the music by Bernard Herrmann... I mean, Alexandre Desplat. I knew absolutely nothing about the plot and thoroughly enjoyed all its twists and turns and surprising moments, waiting to see what would come of it all in the end. It turned out to be a great film. Definitely less comedic than I expected, but great. (07/06/2020)

George Clooney had a Coen script and he wanted to make a Coen film, yet somehow it just doesn't feel right, like he doesn't have the right guts, like he just wants to imitate. That seems like a shame to me. The setting is great, and the racist insert is excellent, but the main story just couldn't hold my attention. (13/02/2018)

If George Clooney had spent less of his time in cafes with crossword puzzles, smiling and sipping Dolce Gusto (as the advertising banners try to convince me he does), and instead buried himself under the duvet with the script and tried to make the narrative coherent, perhaps, then maybe at least every scene wouldn't look completely disconnected from the rest of the film and the mood wouldn't constantly shift from quirky comedy to historical indictment. Also, maybe the supporting characters wouldn't just be there for one scene and plots wouldn't get dropped before the characters are defined. Maybe Matt Damon could play something other than the character William H Macy played in Fargo, albeit in a different setting. And, most importantly, it wouldn't look like a hastily hashed together artistic riff on current issues in the US that, most importantly, needs to be finished as quickly as possible so it's still relevant by the time it hits theaters. Which is probably something, unfortunately, that nobody really had to worry about in the first place. But he didn't, that cafe-dwelling beatnik. Well, I hope he enjoys his coffee. (09/02/2018)