2019 Directed by Jordan Peele
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
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Nós, Emeis, Εμεις
I really, really, really enjoyed this film. But as I left the theatre, I had so many more questions than I entered with, and the more I talked about it with a friend the more I realized that it is a complete inverse of the structure in Get Out (which tightens to a conclusion, as opposed to unraveling as you get more answers) which set me up to be disappointed. My fault!
I’m confused by so much of what happened in this movie and what it means and how certain ideas seemingly conflict with the rules of the world, but I still think I loved it. The only review I saw before watching this movie was K. Austin Collins’ Letterboxd…
US is an audacious & clever trip through the looking glass that asks how Americans are going to live with ourselves after being reminded of who we really are. a lot funnier than it is frightening — a horror movie for a world in which real life is scary enough on its own. Lupitas! that score!
definitely some bumps in the road, but i was sold on its big ideas. anything more will have to wait.
EDIT: bumping this up to ****. the more i read about it / sit with it, the more i like it. seems to be a pattern with Peele's movies.
from the very first image of the cassette tapes next to the TV, to the Japanese ghost-like way a doppelgänger stiltingly scurries across the ground, to the clinical and conspiratorial atmosphere reminiscent of Martyrs, it’s clear that jordan peele LOVES horror. and he’s damn good at it. he’s not the next hitchcock or spielberg or whatever, he IS jordan peele.
with Us, he’s proved that he can and will bring that extra layer of social/political commentary sorely missing from the majority of horror movies. the atrocities of america’s history (and present!) are much, much scarier than anything you can see on screen, and peele knows that, and he uses that. merely by existing in america, we are complicit in the suffering of all…
“what do you want?”
its been over an hour and i can’t think of anything else except whatever this was. simplistically sinister, maybe more comparable to something like the shining instead of get out. i first thought i was somewhat unaffected, but now my mind is clouded with a mild thudding anxiety that won’t go away. this is ridiculously fine tuned to creep under your skin without you noticing. i have to go to sleep now but i doubt i’ll have much success. wish me luck
1000th logged movie!
Some great setups and ideas here, but it’s execution and payoff are pretty absurd at points. Was quite bored with most of the second act.
My friends and I watched this after a dance at 1am, my adrenaline was high, and my adrenaline did not go down during the whole movie. There were points I was like tf I'm going to cry because I am so stressed. The plot was really cool (even though I predicted half of it).
Jordan Peele is making a name for himself as a horror auteur. This dark tale that holds a mirror to us as a people is a tale about class struggle, playing God, and what we do in the face of the scariest thing we can think of - ourselves.
Oooooo Spooky! Definitely watch it with people or your thoughts will mess you up.
Us really worked for me. I don't understand the hate the movie got, calling it underwhelming. I personally liked it more than even Get Out.
Since I am a sucker for mass moments in Hollywood movies, Us properly satisfies me with respect to that aspect with some good music and good acting coming together to form a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
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