Above Suspicion
Lionsgate | Release Date: May 7, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
VarietyGuy LodgeJul 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
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJul 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
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 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
60
EmpireAl HornerJul 13, 2020
What Above Suspicion lacks in flashy direction, it makes up for in strong performances and gripping true-life material to draw from. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 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
50
Original-CinJim SlotekMar 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
38
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMay 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
30
Screen RantRachel LaBonteMay 25, 2021
True crime buffs could find something here, but they might be better off reading the novel it's based on. Susan Smith's story deserved to be told, but there had to have been a better way to do it. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubCraig D. LindseyMay 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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