Above Suspicion

 

Above Suspicion 2019

• Director: Philip Noyce
• Seen by this director: Gone Baby Gone, Rabbit-Proof Fence
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston, Sophie Lowe, Johnny Knoxville
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Emilia Clarke – Last Christmas, Game of Thrones
• Jack Huston – Their Finest, Hail Caesar, American Hustle, Factory Girl
• Why? Possibly good
• Seen:  13 December 2023                 

        A dead-end mining town in Kentucky with closed mines and no future. Susan (Clarke) is a divorced coke-head with two kids and an ex (Knoxville) who sells drugs. An inexperienced but ambitious FBI agent (Huston) talks her into becoming an informer.

       What a dreary film about dreary unsavoury people. British Clarke’s heavy Appalachian accent may sound authentic but that doesn’t make this a good film. Mostly it’s just nasty and boring.

 2* of 5