“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”
– Shrink
SYNOPSIS: It’s time for a young African American to meet with his white girlfriend’s parents for a weekend in their secluded estate in the woods, but before long, the friendly and polite ambience will give way to a nightmare. – via IMDB
So there was a lot of hype when this came out – some people thought the raving killed it, some people flat out didn’t like it, either way, I was interested in checking it out. I believe my beloved Chop was not a super fan, but I know that Tom really liked it on the other hand.
Well, let’s put it right out there – I actually quite enjoyed Get Out. I am not going to write too much here or discuss too many themes as there are a ton of other writers/reviewers that looked into the smaller things and explore all of that in more depth. I am looking purely in terms of entertainment, and I thought that this was quite fun. The movie keeps you rather interested from the off, and is carried by really good performances and reveals the answers as you need them.
The air of mystery to Get Out is quite good, and the tension builds, because wtf is actually even going on half the time? Who are these people? What is wrong with the people that work for the Armitage family? What the heck is up with that icky Redneck-esque brother and his embarrassingly weak porn-stache? What is up with the terror that breaks out of the employees from time to time?
The movie is carried by pretty solid performances. Betty Gabriel gives us one of the biggest chills in the film, and Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford and Allison Williams provide some memorable performances to pick over. Naturally one cannot forget Lil Rey Howery’s Williams, because damn, he definitely brought the humour to the table. I swear, that scene in that cop shop? I laughed man, I laughed.
I feel that Jordan Peele debuted in style here. I was engaged, the pacing was good because the movie came in and did its thing and finished up before it wore out its welcome and it came across as quite smart. Get Out is clever as to where it uses humour, and where it runs the mystery and tension home. I thought it was well worth a watch.
How did you like the ending? I loved it, but many called it very disappointing.
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Oh no, I thought it was really good, like don’t get into too much detail, and I had a good laugh.
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Me too! 😉
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Awesome! I’ve been so far behind on my movies lately. Will certainly catch up to this one soon, though!
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I would love to see what you think about this one! I had a good time.
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Great review bestest!! Sounds like a relatively decent film!
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I quite enjoyed it 🙂
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Fairest SJB,
I didn’t love this one….maybe it was overhyped or something but it just didn’t really appeal to me…
Oh well!
Love,
TGMJS
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Kindest PSC,
I can totally understand how it won’t appeal to everyone though!
Really want my internets to be installed so I can watch things like normal again.
Love,
JJB
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Internetlessest JB,
#escalate
Love,
ISC
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Get Out was definitely the biggest surprise of the year thus far. I had no expectations out of the reviews that were coming in before I saw it. Very impressed with it though. Great review!!
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Thanks! Yeah, I was indifferent about it and then it got good reviews and I got curious. Quite a good one!
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“What the heck is up with that icky Redneck-esque brother and his embarrassingly weak porn-stache?”
Hahahah!!! Amazing. 😀 That guy was a huge cat turd. So were a lot of people in this movie, but that was part of the fun, wasn’t it?
Thanks for the shout-out too! I did really enjoy this. Was very pleasantly surprised and glad to see you were as well.
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😀 Why thank you! Indeed, it was part of the fun for sure, and also part of the total wtf-ness of it all hahahaha.
You know it 🙂
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Just saw and reviewed this movie. Really good debut for Peele, and a pretty decent horror film with a surprising angle.
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Definitely worth the watch, glad to hear you enjoyed it!
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