Get Out

Get Out                                                                                                           March 31, 2017

This is a one-handed movie. One hand to cover your eyes and the other to eat popcorn. The movie’s tension starts from the very beginning. You are not sure what is going on but something will happen.

This is a B movie. It cost $4.5m to produce (grossing $156m). Except for Allison Williams (Girls and Peter Pan), the rest of the cast lack name recognition. Some were familiar once on screen. This is not a star-studded movie, rather the ensemble carries the film. The main protagonists Daniel Kaluuya (British actor) and Allison Williams are the interracial couple visiting her parents in suburbia. What makes the movie work is anticipation and a myriad of clues. The black and white angle is played up in the movie. There are the usual racial stereotypes. What transpires goes beyond standard bigotry.

Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams give good performances. Kaluuya feels uncomfortable in a growingly white weekend gathering. The guests leering attention make him nervous. The few blacks he encounters act disturbingly strange. As for Allison Williams, anything is better than Peter Pan. She is the love interest, with an agenda. This film has a smattering of the 70’s blaxploitation movies.  The director/writer is Jordan Peele.

Since I dearly cherish my life I will not discuss the plot. It is a bit complicated and reminiscent of those cheesy TV programs Tales from the Crypt. The end of the movie veers into camp.  Rotten Tomato’s gave this movie a score of 99; maybe a bit much (It Follows, my favorite low budget horror film, has a 97 rating). Get Out is good for a laugh and hug. This movie is referred as comedy horror film; I think more horror. It is worth the price of admission price and for one handed popcorn.