Film Evaluation: Breaking Information In Yuba County (2021)

Working Time: 96 minutes  

Synopsis: In Kentucky, timid Sue Buttons (Allison Janney) is married to banker Karl (Matthew Modine), who just isn’t solely ignoring her and having an affair, but additionally laundering cash for an area mobster. Sue is impressed by tv character Gloria Michaels (Juliette Lewis), who’s masking the story of a lacking teenager. When Karl drops lifeless, Sue senses a chance to lastly get the world to note her: she secretly buries Karl and reviews him lacking. Quickly she is basking within the media highlight because the distraught spouse, but additionally attracting the eye of Karl’s prison associates and police detective Harris (Regina Corridor).

What Does Not Work As Properly: The remainder of the film flounders into unoriginal silliness derived from To Die For and the Coens, however with neither zest nor wit. The litter of secondary characters (together with a few goons and their boss, Karl’s lover, ex-con brother, the brother’s ditzy boss, her lover, detective Harris, and her associate) stumble over one another, some carrying unearned attitudes however all of them missing substance. Recognizing the congested narrative dead-end, author Amanda Idoko rushes right into a mad killing spree, chasing the misguided notion that each extra homicide relieves the burden of coherence.