3,568 7 Shows Like 'Behind Her Eyes' To Watch If You Can't Wait for Season 2 This story has been shared 2,997 times. Daisy and William Myers moved from Philadelphia to Levittown, Pennsylvania in 1957 seeking a better lifestyle. The director and star tell EW about the new movie, based on a true story By Maureen Lee Lenker October 26, 2017 at 06:42 PM EDT Suburbicon doesn't suppress that; it doesn't permit the erasure of Americana's unsavory side. Based on a true story, a sorry chapter in American history, and Clooney’s transparent desperation to elevate his pulp into something meaningful and important, a black family makes the mistake of moving into Suburbicon. Suburbicon is two movies in one, and it shows Most movies can survive a middling score, a misguided performance, or an unimaginative premise. Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic, ... Fleshler (TV SERIES "True Detective") was pleased to be canonized in the Coen’s extensive ‘rogues gallery’ of criminal pairs spanning from "Raising Arizona" to "Fargo". Suburbicon is a story about a home-invasion and its aftermath… Sounds straightforward enough, but having watched it, I must say it’s a struggle to pin down the film’s genre, its theme, or what the writers are trying to say. Although “Suburbicon” begins as the story of a wholesome-seeming … What they can’t survive is a bad screenplay. In Suburbicon though, when a black family, the Mayers, moves in, the breakdown begins. . Suburbicon is a 2017 American black comedy film written and directed by George Clooney, and co-written by the Coen brothers and Grant Heslov. Mulan has been known for making mischievous trouble within her small community. These moments, however, are all too rare and more often than not the story is … But it has such good credentials! This story has been shared 3,568 times. 'Suburbicon' … The film begins with a young Chinese girl named Mulan. ( Sbuburbicon even uses real world clips of artificially gentle white neighbors espousing their blatant racism and bigotry. But the tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as Gardner must navigate the town's dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit and violence. Verdict. A truly nasty piece of work, Suburbicon sees a bunch of candidly left-leaning movie stars doing their best to out-awful each other. Suburbicon is the perfect place to raise a family, and in 1959, Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon) is doing just that. The story opens just as the Mayerses, Suburbicon’s first black family, move into the area, an event the neighborhood treats as a collective home invasion. The Meyers’ story has two insurmountable problems. It’s partially based on a true story. But there’s a great deal of irony and social commentary in my character’s story. Director George Clooney has said this true story helped inspire Suburbicon.) Remembering a script called Suburbicon the Coen Brothers had sent him back in 1999, Clooney tried to incorporate the two pieces together. George Clooney, working behind the scenes as director and co-screenwriter, dusted off an old Joel and Ethan Coen screenplay set in a 1950s suburban tract community and detailing a murderous insurance scam gone wrong. “Suburbicon,” however, strips him of that, too, ... mislays the furtive allure that true black comedy demands. Suburbicon - A home invasion rattles a quiet family town. As it turns out, this clean-cut, post-War scenario is too good to be true. In its best moments, Suburbicon is the dark, truly funny examination of 1950s suburbia it wants to be. And so to the second chunk of story, ... he held fast to a rueful integrity. The Black couple was met with intense hostility by their neighbors. Parents need to know that Suburbicon is a dark, violent comedy about -- more or less -- the evils that can spring up in an all-white community. Despite all of those flaws, Suburbicon is an ambitious film, and to its credit, the intentions of the filmmakers and cast seem to be in the right place.In execution, however, the film falls frustratingly short of doing well by any of the themes it tries to address. The film stars Matt Damon , Julianne Moore , Noah Jupe , and Oscar Isaac , and follows a mild-mannered father who must face his demons after a home invasion shakes his quaint neighborhood in 1959. Karimah Westbrook Takes on Racism in the True Story of Daisy Mayer’s in the Comedy-Drama ‘Suburbicon ... Suburbicon is a seemingly peaceful … Karimah Westbrook arrives as Paramount Pictures presents the premiere of “Suburbicon” at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, October 22, 2017. But the film's most powerful angle is its story of a young boy's rather nightmarish coming of age. Suburbicon is a 2017 American crime thriller film directed by George Clooney and written by Clooney, The Coen Brothers, and Grant Heslov.The film stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, and Oscar Isaac.. George Clooney and Grant Heslov set out to make a film, based on the true story of a black family that moved into a Pennsylvania Levittown community in the 1950s. I know, I’m shocked! Based on the true story of what happened to William (Leith M. Burke) and Daisy Meyers (Karimah Westbrook) in Levittown in August 1957, this half of the movie feels like underdeveloped manipulation. What starts off as shocked snobbery ends in a full-blown race riot. Their story is true. Based on a true story as well as the Disney Animation smash hit which featured back in 1998. 2,997 SUBURBICON is based on the research by Oscar Award winner, George Clooney, from a 1957 documentary film “Crisis in Levittown”. Social satire and a true-life tale collide in this unbalanced comedy from George Clooney. Suburbicon is a strange beast: a by-the-numbers ’40s film noir bolted to an unsatisfying ’60s racial drama wrapped up in a ’50s Americana satire. Yes, Suburbicon is discordant. A-list actors Binge-Worthy Challenging Character-driven Depressing Discussion-sparking Dramatic Easy Emotional Feel-Good Funny Grown-up Comedy Instructive Intense Mind-blowing No-brainer Original Raw Romantic Slice-of-Life Slow Sunday Suspenseful Sweet Thought-provoking Thrilling Touching True-story-based Uplifting Warm Weird Well-acted Westbrook spoke with West Coast Correspondent Joelle Monique about the true story that inspired the creation of her character, what it was like to be directed by George Clooney, and more. It was the story of a black family moving into a white neighborhood in Levittown, PA, in 1957 that first set George Clooney on a path toward directing Suburbicon, which had its world premiere in Ve… But that’s not the satire. We never get to know William at all—I’m not sure he even has a line—but we see Daisy being told milk costs $20 at the local store and the whole family getting harassed by mobs outside … ... With Suburbicon, ... squandering a story about intolerance in favour of this mirthless murder comedy. That’s painful to watch, more so knowing its true. That said, neither does it center a story that's arguably more compelling. In Fargo (1996) the Coens gave us a crime story involving a host of bad people, but the true heart of that film (which ultimately helped make it a masterpiece), was Frances McDormand’s Marge Gunderson. The movie tells the story of an all-white neighborhood of Suburbicon in 1959. She injected a morality that worked in contrast with everyone else. Dove Review.