Suburbicon

What’s not to love?  A script written by the Coen Brothers,  directed by  George Clooney, and a stellar cast that includes  Matt Damon, Julianne Moore (playing twins no less!) and Oscar Issac.  So, why did I not love this movie?  Well……the first half of Suburbicon is extremely boring.  It starts out in a perfect, stereotypical middle class, white 60’s neighborhood where everything looks perfect.  Matt Damon’s character is married to a disabled woman who has a twin sister.  He seems the typical, button down good father and husband. During a home invasion, his wife ‘accidentally’ dies.  Is it an accident? In a plot twist reminiscent of the far, far better Fargo, we find out that Matt Damon’s character may not be the perfect Mr. Cleaver father after all. Mayhem ensues.  Interspersed within this plot is an almost completely different movie that involves the first Black family to move into all white suburbia.  By the time you get to the end of the movie, you feel like you have been hit on the head with a not very subtle point.  As always, the Coen Brothers include some dark humor and a few surprises, but it is just not enough.  Instead of going to see Suburbicon, I would recommend looking for Fargo on Netflix and watching William H. Macy “fleeing the interview.”