2021 · comedy · drama · crime
Breaking News in Yuba County
Directed by Tate Taylor1h 36m2021
An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.
Our read: Breaking News in Yuba County (2021) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive comedy · drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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