Above Suspicion

It's all interesting stuff, but not fodder for a movie. There's not enough there for a movie like this to fill in.

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.

Shot way back in 2016, but only now reaching American theaters and digital services, Above Suspicion plays exactly like a movie you'd expect to sit on the shelf for years, no one pushing hard for its release.

Sex, drugs and J. Edgar-sized violations of FBI ethics rules.

What Above Suspicion lacks in flashy direction, it makes up for in strong performances and gripping true-life material to draw from.

Shy of committing either to its rural noir trappings or its hovering air of mordant black comedy.

The story, even if true, never seems authentic.

While Above Suspicion valiantly tries to equal its real-life counterpart in terms of shock and awe, most of the drama that leads up to the end feels stale and uninspired.

A throwback to the worst aspects of '90s thriller filmmaking.

The cheap-looking and tawdry drama Above Suspicion is based on a true crime story, but the movie foolishly gives away the ending at the very beginning of the film. [There is] morbid 'voice from the dead' narration from the movie's main character.