Above Suspicion

Name: Above Suspicion
Genre: Action, Biography, Thriller, Crime
Released: May 7, 2021
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Austin Hébert, Brian Lee Franklin, Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston, Johnny Knoxville

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Lionsgate | Release Date: May 7, 2021 | R

Starring: Austin Hébert, Brian Lee Franklin, Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston, Johnny Knoxville, Karl Glusman, Kevin Dunn, Omar Benson Miller, Sophie Lowe, Thora Birch

Summary: The chilling true story of a newly married F.B.I. poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it's a ticket to disaster for both of them. This scandal shook theThe chilling true story of a newly married F.B.I. poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it's a ticket to disaster for both of them. This scandal shook the foundations of the nation's top law enforcement agency, ending in the first ever conviction of an F.B.I. Agent for murder.… Expand

Director: Phillip Noyce

Genre(s): Action, Biography, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Guy Lodge

Jul 14, 2020

Chris Gerolmo’s script isn’t at great pains to find the human factor here, and Phillip Noyce’s direction coats the whole unhappy affair in cold blue steel. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 13, 2020

The stranger-than-fiction weirdness and emotional dysfunction are what’s interesting here, and the film doesn’t quite take the lid off it. Read full review

John DeFore

Jul 14, 2020

Though tech values and supporting performances (especially Knoxville's) are unimpeachable, Suspicion doesn't conjure its setting as persuasively as some of the other drug-centric rural dramas we've seen lately. Read full review

Jim Slotek

Mar 16, 2021

A reality-based hillbilly thriller that can’t decide what flavour of noir to serve up, Above Suspicion is one of those curious failures that the current appetite for home streaming often rescues from theatrical limbo. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 6, 2021

This halfway-there thriller still makes an excellent showcase for Emilia Clarke, shedding whatever “Game of Thrones” baggage she has left and hinting at the dangerous places she might yet take us. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

May 7, 2021

There’s more than enough meat on the bones of this true story for a film like Above Suspicion, but director Phillip Noyce can’t figure out how to tell it in a way that's more interesting than a Wikipedia entry. Read full review

Craig D. Lindsey

May 5, 2021

For all the star’s efforts, though, Above Suspicion will mostly just appeal to the crowd that found Hillbilly Elegy compelling. Everyone else will be left wishing they could see Khaleesi fly high and free again. Read full review

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jms333

May 22, 2021

Taut and dark, with a spectacular performance by Clarke. Her accent, criticized by some reviewers as insufficiently "southern," is in fact dead-on southern Appalachian. The movie reflects the brooding Kentucky coal-town scene with clarity.

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Acm22

Jan 2, 2022

I am from pikeville, Ky. Whilst another reviewer claims they do indeed speak like a southern Appalachian in this film. I can assure you they do not. It isn’t long and drawn out enough. Words are pronounced different. One main giveaway is how “I” is pronounced. Even if they pronounce itI am from pikeville, Ky. Whilst another reviewer claims they do indeed speak like a southern Appalachian in this film. I can assure you they do not. It isn’t long and drawn out enough. Words are pronounced different. One main giveaway is how “I” is pronounced. Even if they pronounce it “correctly” the draw would still be there and incredibly noticeable. Of course I’m going to watch anything pertaining to the area I am from. With that said, it is hard to watch mainly because of that. If you’re going to portray you’re from somewhere, you should at least get the accent right. If you aren’t from the area, I guess one could think it sounds “correct@… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Oct 17, 2021

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The story of the first murder conviction of an FBI agent: a below average boring movie.

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