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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe stranger-than-fiction weirdness and emotional dysfunction are what’s interesting here, and the film doesn’t quite take the lid off it.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThough 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.
- 50Original-CinJim SlotekOriginal-CinJim SlotekA 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.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThis 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.
- 38RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoThere’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.
- 30Screen RantRachel LaBonteScreen RantRachel LaBonteTrue 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.
- 25The A.V. ClubThe A.V. ClubFor 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.