'Get Out' is a brilliant balance of horror, humor, poignancy.
Summary
The story centers around Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) and his relationship with Rose Armitage (Allison Williams). They have been dating for several months now, and they have reached the point where Rose is ready to bring him home to mom and dad. Chris starts to feel a little nervous when Rose lets it slip that she's neglected to tell her parents that he's black. She plays it off like it shouldn't matter, but understandably he's concerned. Her parents live out in the middle of nowhere in a spacious country estate. Her family greets Chris very warmly (almost too warmly), and everything seems to go well. Her parents Dean (Bradley Whitford) and Missy (Catherine Keener) …show more content…
The director Jordan Peele has a great feel for building the tension in the narrative till it's inevitable crescendo. Peele makes great use of actors Marcus Henderson and Betty Gabriel who play two African American estate workers who just appear to be a little off.
The film doesn't overkill the audience with the amount of gore and blood. There's just enough to enhance the story but not enough that it somehow distracts.
What surprised me was the precision in which this narrative was crafted. Peele takes on the issue of race relations and effortlessly weaves into a genre that wouldn't appear to make sense. Instead of deriving the horror from a killer with 26 personalities, the horror in Get Out stems from racism.
Very rarely will you find a film that's perfectly cast but this one is pretty close. I loved watching Alison Williams getting to show her range in this role. Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford were both fantastic picks to play the parents. Each can project genuine warmth and at a moments noticed pivot towards being something way more creepier.
Nothing in this film felt forced. The humor was born out of normal circumstances (who wouldn't laugh at a story of your ex-girlfriend collecting her toenail clippings). The scares were genuine and not artificially
Summary
The story centers around Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) and his relationship with Rose Armitage (Allison Williams). They have been dating for several months now, and they have reached the point where Rose is ready to bring him home to mom and dad. Chris starts to feel a little nervous when Rose lets it slip that she's neglected to tell her parents that he's black. She plays it off like it shouldn't matter, but understandably he's concerned. Her parents live out in the middle of nowhere in a spacious country estate. Her family greets Chris very warmly (almost too warmly), and everything seems to go well. Her parents Dean (Bradley Whitford) and Missy (Catherine Keener) …show more content…
The director Jordan Peele has a great feel for building the tension in the narrative till it's inevitable crescendo. Peele makes great use of actors Marcus Henderson and Betty Gabriel who play two African American estate workers who just appear to be a little off.
The film doesn't overkill the audience with the amount of gore and blood. There's just enough to enhance the story but not enough that it somehow distracts.
What surprised me was the precision in which this narrative was crafted. Peele takes on the issue of race relations and effortlessly weaves into a genre that wouldn't appear to make sense. Instead of deriving the horror from a killer with 26 personalities, the horror in Get Out stems from racism.
Very rarely will you find a film that's perfectly cast but this one is pretty close. I loved watching Alison Williams getting to show her range in this role. Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford were both fantastic picks to play the parents. Each can project genuine warmth and at a moments noticed pivot towards being something way more creepier.
Nothing in this film felt forced. The humor was born out of normal circumstances (who wouldn't laugh at a story of your ex-girlfriend collecting her toenail clippings). The scares were genuine and not artificially