Sue Buttons: Last News

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticNeglected banker’s wife Sue Buttons (Allison Janney) finds all the attention she’s been missing from her marriage in the glow of the local media in “Breaking News in Yuba County.” A surprisingly violent small-town satire from director Tate Taylor that feels every bit as much a period piece as his 2011 hit “The Help,” despite taking place in the present day, “Breaking News” suggests a cross between such dark comedies as “To Die For” and “Fargo,” minus those films’ pitch-perfect balance between eccentricity and outrageousness. Here, Taylor wrings laughs from weird wigs and even wonkier carnage, rather than trusting his promising (if outdated) premise.It’s Sue’s birthday, and nobody seems to care.

She proved her comedy chops as ice skater Tonya Harding's mom in I, Tonya, performance that won her an Academy Award.And now Allison Janney is back playing for laughs in the first trailer for crime caper Breaking News In Yuba County.The actress, 61, reunites with director Tate Taylor with whom she worked in the filmsThe Help, The Girl on the Train, Get on Up, and Ma. Allison Janney stars as small town housewife sue Buttons whose unfaithful husband Karl goes missing in the first trailer for crime caper Breaking News In Yuba CountyBreaking News In Yuba County centers on Janney's character Sue Buttons, a housewife who finds herself in the spotlight when her unfaithful husband Karl Buttons (Matthew Modine) goes missing.