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Today I'll show you a crime-comedy film: "Suburbicon"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins with a man narrating the town's history
In just a little more than a decade,
the town has grown exponentially into a bustling community of 60,000 residents
Indeed, it is the idyllic town that embodies the American dream
A bright morning dawns over the town, as the mailman approaches the house of the new arrivals
He is eager to welcome them,
but is surprised that who he initially thought was the maid, is actually the wife
This is because the family is African-American, and the town is mostly white
Soon enough, this also troubles the rest of their neighbors
They petition to throw out the new family,
because they are not in favor of racially integrating their neighborhood
A paraplegic housewife and her identical twin sister watch the new family move in from their porch
The paraplegic is incensed that the African-Americans will decrease their property values
However, her twin sister, nick-named BloodyMarry,
is more welcoming of the idea of racial integration
She even encourages the paraplegic's son
to play with the young boy from the African-American family
The son approaches the boy, and they go off to play
The neighbors watch them with curious eyes
That night, two hitmen break into their house
One of them wakes the son up,
and ushers him into the living room where his mother, father, and aunt are
One bully is also there,
and he intimidates the paraplegic's husband by demanding that he serve them drinks
The bully curiously asks how the woman became a paraplegic;
and she answers matter-of-factly that she and her husband were in a car accident
The two hitmen tie the family to chairs around the kitchen table
They whip out a bottle of chloroform,
and drug the family members starting with BloodyMarry, possibly because of her shitty name
One by one, they lose consciousness
A while later, The son wakes up in the hospital
His father and aunt are already awake,
but he discovers that his paraplegic mother hasn't woken up yet
It turns out that the two hitmen had inadvertently given the paraplegic a higher dosage,
resulting in her organs failing, and her eventual death
Soon after, they hold a funeral for the paraplegic
BloodyMarry is there weeping,
while the son is still too shocked to openly grieve for his dead mother
His uncle, the twin sisters' brother, nick-named Uncle Fatty, comforts the son and makes him laugh
The husband also informs the son that BloodyMarry will be staying with them for a while,
to help take care of things now that his paraplegic wife is gone
At home, BloodyMarry assumes the wife's role, and tries to be a mother figure to the son
Still, the young son is too shocked, and just stays quiet as he goes about his days
One morning
The African-American boy he previously played with,
comes over to their front yard, and conveys his condolences regarding his loss
The boy is playing with a small and thin snake; and he gives it to the son
The son is delighted by this;
and for the first time, things begin to look up after his mother's passing
That night, the son wakes up terrified in his bed,
replaying the trauma of the night when the two men broke into their house
BloodyMarry and the husband walk out of the kitchen together, and see the son awake
She tucks him into bed, and tells him about his patron saint, who will keep him safe from harm
The next day, BloodyMarry takes the son out; and they encounter some neighbors at the bus stop
They commiserate with the family's grief,
and express that they are shocked that such a heinous crime occurred in their perfect town
At the same moment, the African-American family drives by,
and a neighbor woman shoots them dirty looks,
because she blames them for bringing crime to their neighborhood
The husband goes back to work, and his colleagues are all sad about his wife's death
They awkwardly try to console him
A policeman calls his office, and informs him that he's been assigned to his case
Two suspects have been brought in, and the policeman asks the husband to identify,
if they are the two hitmen who broke into the house
He arrives at the police station,
and sees that the police had also contacted BloodyMarry and his son to come as well
The husband is angry that the police are subjecting his son to reliving a traumatic experience;
and so the policeman asks the son to stay out of the room
But the son creeps in, and he sees several men in a lineup,
and his dad and BloodyMarry looking at them from behind a pane of glass
BloodyMarry announces that none of the men are their attackers;
but the son clearly sees that the two men are in the lineup;
and for some reason, his father and aunt are not identifying them
The lights in the room go on; and they discover that the son is right behind them
When they get home that night,
the son confronts his father about him not identifying the attackers correctly
However, The father tries to convince the son that he's mistaken,
and that the attackers were not there at all
The boy insists that he knows what he saw,
but his father cuts him off, and orders him not to talk to anyone about this
The next day, BloodyMarry goes to a salon, and gets her hair dyed blonde,
just like the dead paraplegic's hair, attempting to be a BlondeMarry in this family
That night, looking just like her dead sister, she dances with the husband
They bend their heads close to each other, and it is clear that the two are in love
The son's friendship with the African-American boy is deepened,
despite the growing crowd of protesting townspeople gathering in front of the boy's house every night
They spew hatred at the family, and demand that they leave their town
Meanwhile, Uncle Fatty becomes increasingly worried about the son's situation
He fears that there is something wrong with the husband and BloodyMarry;
but he does not know what exactly
He confesses his worries to his priest, who assures him that the boy is okay,
and his sister, BloodyMarry, is the best mother figure he can have right now
One afternoon, the son arrives at an empty house
He hears some noise coming from the basement, and he investigates
He shockingly discovers his father and his aunt in a compromising position
Everyone is too shocked to say anything
The son tries to call his uncle, but he is in a meeting
The two attackers barge into the husband's office and beat him up
They are angry that the husband is not upholding his end of the deal
It appears that he hired the two hitmen to kill his wife in a fake robbery
This is why the husband was insisting that the son not be in the room,
so he could not be able to identify the two hitmen
The two hitmen are now furious, because the son has seen them in the lineup
Uncle Fatty calls the husband,
and tells him that someone called his office with the name of his dead wife
He is now worried, and says that he wants to visit and make sure that the son is alright
The husband rebuffs his attempts to help,
and says that they all need time to properly grieve the wife's passing
That night, the husband calls his son into the study to talk
He says that the son will be sent away to a boarding school, so he can be disciplined
This is an attempt to silence the son, and hide the truth about the wife's murder
The next day, the African-American housewife tries to do grocery shopping at the store,
where BloodyMarry works
The manager jacks up the prices of the goods she is going to buy,
and suggests that she just shop at a different store
Understanding that she is being discriminated against, she concedes and leaves
In bed with BloodyMarry that night,
the husband tells her that once they get the dead wife's life insurance money,
they can go away to Aruba
BloodyMarry is delighted at the idea
The policeman drops by the husband's office, and tells him that a mob loan shark recently died
The cops take a look at his books, and discover that the husband's name is in there
Of course, the husband denies all this
Later, A claims investigator for the insurance company visits BloodyMarry at the house
He tells her that before they can receive the check, he needs to resolve some red flags first
For example, he mentions that the husband had increased the wife's policy, shortly before her death
He had also already cashed out on a claim, when they got into the car accident
Lastly, he hasn't been paying his home loan for the past few months,
but cashed out 5000 dollars from his own insurance policy
BloodyMarry explains that it was the husband's idea to increase his wife's policy,
and that they lost their savings when the husband had opened his own business,
which is why he hasn't been able to pay
Right then, She notices that the son has been watching them, and sends him to his room
She prepares a cup of tea for the investigator, who good-naturedly keeps things light,
and assures her that it's all just a routine check
He starts telling her about the outlandish claims he had investigated before;
and BloodyMarry laughs at his funny stories
Suddenly, he turns serious, and reveals that she and the husband are the biggest scammers of all
He was lying when he said that the husband had increased the insurance policy;
and when BloodyMarry said that "they" had lost their savings, not just the husband,
the investigator knew that they were sleeping together, and most likely killed the wife
BloodyMarry is shaken by his accusations, and chases him out of the house with a broom
Meanwhile, the angry mob in front of the African-American family's house, grows even wilder
They begin to raucously shout, and policemen have to restrain them
The husband still hasn't paid the two hitmen; and so they decide to teach him a lesson
The husband arrives home later,
and BloodyMarry hurriedly explains what happened with the claims investigator
The investigator arrives shortly after too,
and asks BloodyMarry for a cup of coffee, before comfortably sitting down on the couch
He offers the husband a compromise:
they cut him in on the life insurance money in exchange for his silence
If the two refuse, he will turn them in to the police
However, The husband threatens to kill him too,
but the investigator confidently says that if anything happens to him,
the insurance company will surely know the truth
He takes a sip of the coffee BloodyMarry prepared,
confident that he's got them right where he wanted
Suddenly, he turns red, and clutches his throat
Meanwhile, The mob outside decides to wreck the African-Americans family's house,
and trashes their car
Still clutching his throat, the investigator runs outside and calls for help
Panicked, BloodyMarry admits that she added lye to his coffee
The husband chases after the investigator with a bat, and bludgeons him to death
Because all the attention is on the ongoing riot, no one notices this murder
The husband stashes the investigator's body in the trunk of his car
He drives away with the corpse, not noticing one of the hitmen following him
The husband dumps the car, and bikes away from the scene
But The hitman continues to follow him
Back in his room, the son calls Uncle Fatty for help, but the call disconnects soon
He turns and sees that BloodyMarry had cut the cord
BloodyMarry is left with no choice, but to silence the son forever
She mashes a handful of pills, and puts the powder on a sandwich and in a glass of milk
As She goes upstairs to poison the son,
another hitman has snuck into the house, and strangles her to be the DeadMarry
After that, The hitman busts the son's bedroom door open, and finds the child hiding under the bed
At that critical moment, Uncle Fatty arrives and tussles with the hitman, fatally shooting him
He instructs the son to hide in the closet, and comforts him, leaving the gun in his possession
However, Blood seeps into Uncle Fatty's shirt,
from a serious stab wound inflicted by the hitman; and he calls the police
The other hitman catches up to the husband as he's biking home
The hitman slyly tells him that there's a surprise waiting for him when he gets back
Horrified, the husband asks him what he did;
and the hitman is too busy to notice that a truck is approaching
It hits him, and he dies
The husband returns as fast as he could; but he is too late
He sees the bodies of the hitman, BloodyMarry, and Uncle Fatty,
who had ultimately succumbed to his stab wound
He then finds his son hiding in the closet
The son bravely points the gun at him; but the husband easily takes it away
In the same kitchen table the attackers once tied them to,
the husband lays down the law for his son:
either the child chooses to corroborate his story that the hitmen had killed everyone,
and then they will go to Aruba together;
or if he tries to speak up, the father will kill him,
and say that he was just one of the hitmen's victims
The husband then begins to eat the poisoned sandwich,
and drink the milk BloodyMarry had prepared earlier
As he chews, he tells his son to take his time deciding, since it's Sunday
Morning comes;
and the African-American family begins to clean the wreckage, caused by the riot last night
The son calmly watches TV; while his father's dead body is slumped over the kitchen table
The movie ends with the son going out on the front porch,
and seeing the neighbor boy throwing a baseball
He approaches the neighbor boy, and they begin to play
All is well in their picture-perfect town
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