Milton Velazquez Ramos

*SPOILERS AHEAD* Suburbicon is vintage in aesthetics and nature. Some four or more scenes are literally just thrown in without reason or purpose. People are d***s, and at times just overly annoying and condescending. Transitions are weird. A film with a ridiculously noticeable amount of background music. (Like seriously, I think there are only two scenes where no background music is heard throughout this 105 minute film.) A movie with unfocused plot / 2 plots (that of the boy and that of the black family). Weird unnecessary shots. Unclear character motivations. The "main characters" of the film seem more like background characters to the boy's plot. 56 minutes in and the film's main plot is finally beginning to make sense. I get that the "band" playing outside of the black family's home is doing it to try to get a rise out of the folks that live there but I think 4+ scenes of it is a little gratuitous, like if their actions towards the family became more violent as each scene played becoming graver and graver the closer we inched to the end of the film then it'd be justified but it's just shots like this that seem pointless. The first 45 minutes legit just felt like a bunch of vignettes connected only by aesthetic. I loved the "interrogation" scene with Roger the insurance claim rep (Oscar Issac), a real showing of how consistency is key in an interrogation, so avoid contradiction boys and girls! Unnecessary jump scare at hour 1 minute 7! Oscar Issac's performance in this film was just spectacular, just a real p***k who does his job but not for the right reasons at times, a despicable guy who just has the most punchable face. Uncle Mitch was Nicky's predictable savior but what I didn't expect was him dying Another unnecessary jump scare at hour 1 minute 24! This film should really be called Suburbicon: and the attack of the suddenly loud firetrucks! (Legit like how did no one hear the sound of the firetruck or the sound of a moving veichle or the glow of the truck's headlights? Realism is NOT key!) Literally everyone in this film is a bad person except Nicky, Mitch, the neighbors and Gardner's secretary. Tries to excite when unneeded and overall kind of bland. I liked the final shot of all these open yards except one with a fence to where the minorities live. 3.5/10