Wow. 99% on Rotten Tomatoes for a reason. Pause and reverse. Last Monday, a couple of friends and I went out to see Jordan Peele's Get Out. Get Out is a horror movie about the events that take place during an interracial couple's meet the parents weekend. And I mean, the movie had a perfect balance of everything that has been missing from recent blockbusters. First, the horror. The image above is a shot from one of the most frightening movie sequences I've seen in a while. Everything from the acting to the music to the editing to the writing is perfect. Daniel Kaluuya (main actor, Chris) doesn't have that many lines in this sequence or the movie for that matter, but his face says everything. Tied with this fear is the social commentary. At the end of the movie, when Rose and Chris are on the road and the police car shows up nothing is said but everyone in the theater felt the dread that came with knowing the cop would believe Rose (the girlfriend, played by the talented Allison Williams). Get Out managed to do what (once again) many recent blockbusters try to do but fail when it comes to racial commentary: it isn't overdone. I recently read Dave Eggers' The Circle, maybe I'll do a review before the movie comes out, and the whole message about society becoming an oversharing consumer zoo got tiring by part 2. I get it! And I believe this is how people feel about racial commentary-- "We get it!" Overdone spaghetti is just a mushy pile of carbs. But, Peele manages to make his work a racial satire that is genuinely hilarious. (See the cereal and milk scene and any scene with Lil Rey Howery.) The racial commentary in this movie is so subtle and so nuanced, Peele knows he doesn't need to spell out certain things so he doesn't. The fact that the movie doesn't seem like it is trying exhaustingly hard to make a point allows for it to be funny and scary and beautiful at the same time. This makes the movie accessible to almost every type of viewer.
Where do I think the 1% went, you ask? (Probably not, but let me have this!) I the movie took a wild turn into the unbelievable in the second act. Just so much was happening and the beginning of the movie was so realistic. I actually didn't mind that but I can see how some people wouldn't. Also, maybe, certain people were just a little hurt. It's okay. Munch on a frootloop. Sip some milk. ;) Honestly, it is so amazing that this movie did so well (opening with $33.4M) and is still doing well. I really didn't want Jordan Peele to be a new Tyler Perry.
I tried not to spoil too much so you should go watch it.
10/10 will see again. Seriously, I am going to see it with a different group of friends on Tuesday at the Nighthawk theater. Jordan Peele take my money!!!
Plot Twist: Jordan Peele is married to a white woman. haha
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