Film Review – Susie Searches

Sophie Kargman makes her feature-length directorial debut with “Susie Searches.” She has a major creative challenge with the material, which is an adaptation of a 2020 short film, with William Day Frank handling scripting duties. The short was 13 minutes long, while the new movie runs 105 minutes, tasking Frank and Kargman to come up with plenty of fresh story to work with, embellishing a seemingly small tale of a young woman and her thirst to become a true crime podcast superstar. There’s an enjoyably animated performance from star Kiersey Clemons as the ambitious broadcaster, and there’s a first act where so much happens, it’s almost enough to fill the picture on its own. However, “Susie Searches” keeps trying to knot its tale of mistakes and suspicion, with Kargman unable to match the opening activity of the endeavor, gradually letting the air out of a once passably engaging mystery and potent study of online validation. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com