Suburbicon (2017)

As a 1950s suburban community self-destructs, a home invasion has sinister consequences for one seemingly normal family.

Director:

George Clooney

Writers:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Stars:

Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Monroe	...	Mailman Henry
Gavin Wilde	...	Cowboy Kid
Landon Gordon	...	Kid on Bike
Hope Banks	...	Mrs. Pendalton
Karimah Westbrook	...	Mrs. Mayers
James Handy	...	Mayor Billings
Mather Zickel	...	James
Josh Meyer	...	Freddy (Housing Planner)
Vince Cefalu	...	Chuck
Michael D. Cohen	...	Stretch
Corey Allen Kotler	...	Bomber
Leith M. Burke	...	Mr. Mayers (as Leith Burke)
Julianne Moore	...	Rose / Margaret
Noah Jupe	...	Nicky
Tony Espinosa	...	Andy Mayers

Storyline

In the bosom of Suburbicon, a family-centred, all-white utopia of manicured lawns and friendly locals, a simmering tension is brewing, as the first African-American family moves in the idyllic community, in the hot summer of 1959. However, as the patriarch Gardner Lodge and his family start catching a few disturbing glimpses of the once welcoming neighbourhood's dark underbelly, acts of unprecedented violence paired with a gruesome death will inevitably blemish Suburbicon's picture-perfect facade. Who would have thought that darkness resides even in Paradise?

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Plot Keywords:

satire | dark comedy | one word title | boy | father son relationship | 

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Taglines:

Welcome to the neighborhood.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official Site [Japan]

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 October 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Suburbicon: Bienvenidos al paraíso

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,840,246, 29 October 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$5,775,178, 16 November 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Bear Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment, Huahua Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

George Clooney hosted the wrap party December 3, 2016 for the Productions Cast and Crew at The Smokehouse Restaurant in Burbank which his production company is named for and is located across the street from Warner Brothers Studios where the production offices abs stages for the film were located. The host himself narrated for all in attendance a behind the scenes slideshow of the productions activities on set.

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Goofs

Margaret turns off the TV using a Zenith Flash-Matic, the first wireless TV remote control. It was basically a flashlight with a very narrow beam. You aimed it and one of the four corners of the TV console to trigger a function. The TV turns off when she hits the lower right corner. This corner is for the mute volume function, not power off.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: [as story book pages are turned] Welcome to Suburbicon, a town of great wonder and excitement. Founded in 1947, Suburbicon was built with the promise of prosperity for all. And in only 12 short years, it has grown from a few small homes to a living, breathing community with all the conveniences of the big city without all the noise or the traffic. And now, with nearly 60,000 residents, they enjoy their own schools, a fire department, and a police department. There's a shopping mall....

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Crazy Credits

At the opening of the film, the movie title is shown on the cover of a book describing life in the town, which becomes animated.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Julianne Moore/Shawn Mendes/Spike Jonze/Maren Morris (2017)

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Soundtracks

In the Sweet By & By
Written by S. Fillmore Bennett & J.P. Webster (as Joseph P. Webster)
Public Domain

User Reviews

How Bad Could it Be?

Let me start by saying I love movies, I love Coen Bros, Wes Anderson style cinema. My family has watched at least 2 Coen Brothers movies each holiday season for many years. We quote lines literally, all of the time. Suberbicon is so slow, so meaningless, so gratuitous, that it is actually confusing to me as to why Matt Damon and George Clooney would have consented to the screenplay. Do the Coens now possess such cult like power that they can make a movie this bad, with great actors who must just shrug and say, "It must be great. otherwise the Coens would not film it"

Why is it so bad? It is slow, not funny or satirical, but sad and predictable, with dialogue straight out of a Marvel Comic book, and character development to match. Walking out of the theater, the comments were far more interesting than the movie. My favorite, a simple loud booo when the credits started to roll. Clearly, the worst effort the Coen Brothers have hatched.