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Susie Searches

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Susie Searches

Released Jul 28, 2023

1h 45m

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Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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51%

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39 Reviews

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How far will a podcaster go to capture her audience? Susie, an awkward college student with a failing true-crime podcast, seizes the opportunity to boost her campus and online popularity by solving the mystery of the missing home-town heart-throb. But things take a dark turn as Susie digs out the truth and soon finds herself in over her head.

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Critics Consensus

Susie Searches is clever and frequently fun, although its jumbled tone and increasingly hard-to-believe story undercut overall enjoyment.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

As a Hitchcockian thriller with a slippery hero, this film can be ruthlessly effective.

Jul 31, 2023

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

If “Susie Searches” wanted to critique the true-crime podcast trend, it could have done so more directly. For now, we have a movie at odds with itself and its main character.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 28, 2023

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

Despite its narrative shortcomings, the film builds a tense and mischievous mood that acts as its hook.

Jul 27, 2023

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Kristen Maldonado

Pop Culture Planet

There are so many solid twists and turns as we follow this girl detective with a dark desire for recognition. [...] The mystery is pieced together really well and, if you go in without knowing anything, it’ll really surprise you.

May 1, 2025

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

Despite the great cast, the characters are too thinly drawn to be captivating.

Oct 30, 2024

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

Though it may play better with younger audiences, anyone else will likely find its promising cast to be the biggest red herring of all.

Oct 28, 2023

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Melissa L

It's a great movie and just when it's almost over, and just when the kidnapper/murderer seems to have gotten away...perhaps justice will be served.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/24

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Diana N

(Spoilers ahead!) I was enjoying this.. until I found out that Suzie kidnapped the boy! I can't watch a movie about a character that selfish.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/27/24

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Siobhan

It's a movie…. I left the movie being like "okay well that happened" The actors are great, but I still don't know what I was supposed to feel for the characters or what the movie was trying to portray…

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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Dhanu K

Susie Searches is a solid fun and entertaining mystery thriller that works largely because of Kiersey Clemons' portrayal of a compelling central character. Narratively speaking, it could have benefited from further refinement and elaboration, however, the film is clever enough to build tension and a malicious mood.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/27/23

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A K

IF YOU'RE THINKING OF SEEING THIS MOVIE PLEEASE SEE IT! I thought it would be for kids even teenagers but adults can easily see this movie; the background music is terrific it gives you chills throughout the movie, the way susie and jessie's expressions are so masterfully done, it's fast paced , no nudity just straight to the point i wish more movies would be made like this; its perfect for those who want to be spooked but not to the level of scary faces; the ending was icing on the top

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/13/23

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Ted R

What a fun movie! Weird, dark humor. It was very typical of a movie audiences love but snotty critics hate.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/18/23

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Synopsis

How far will a podcaster go to capture her audience? Susie, an awkward college student with a failing true-crime podcast, seizes the opportunity to boost her campus and online popularity by solving the mystery of the missing home-town heart-throb. But things take a dark turn as Susie digs out the truth and soon finds herself in over her head.

Director: Sophie Kargman
Producer: Adam Mirels, Robert Mirels
Screenwriter: William Day Frank, Sophie Kargman
Distributor: Vertical
Production Co: 141 Entertainment, Magnetic Labs
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 28, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 45m

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