Year: 2017
Director: Jordan Peele
Country: US
Language: English
If you've seen Key & Peele (2012-2015), a Mad TV-esque sketch show that ran for five seasons, then you'll know that Director/Writer Jordan Peele is a great lover of genre films. His sketches frequently satire movie cliches and offer hilarious social commentary about cinema's effect on the public. Peele's debut feature Get Out acts as both homage to horror and socio-political commentary about the racist state of America.
Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, things become more disturbing.
Nominated for three Academy Awards (Picture, Director and Screenplay) Get Out is a surprising critical and commercial success, having grossed over $200 million worldwide. The film works as both comedy and horror, as there is a clever mix of both throughout the picture. Peele loads the film with a creepy atmosphere, full of secrets and twists that are revealed in quite disturbing ways. This is a picture in which paranoia pays off.
Commenting on social and economic divisions between races, Jordan Peele's debut has arrived at the right time in American culture. In the last year, race has come to the forefront of most political discussions: a racist president has been voted into the White House and Black Lives Matter has continued to demand for awareness.
Peele makes smart choices in regards to shadows and camerawork. Cinematographer Toby Oliver clearly knows how to frame horror. Chilling music, particularly the old song “Run Rabbit Run” by Flanagan and Allen, put us on the edge of our seat. Get Out is a great contemporary horror flick that deserves to be seen decades from now.
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