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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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.
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.
“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
Even better on a second watch. Pretty much every question I had falls away, the allegory he’s working with is so much clearer, and the beautiful framing/camera movements really stand out when I’m not so focused on following a brand new story. And god, for it all to end with such a sinister use of “Les Fleurs”... a million chef’s kisses. ONE MILLION KISSES, JORDAN!!!!!!!!!
Guys, when the dad is watching baseball, the game is the Giants vs......wait for it...the Minnesota TWINS!
Anyways, felt smart for that, don’t really fully understand the rest of it and I’m really not sure how I feel about that. The minute people realize they can’t stop thinking/talking about a movie and that it has a somewhat obscure ending that requires some thinking to figure it out, they’ll automatically label it as a masterpiece. This is one of those movies, and while it’s undeniably impressive how many ideas and clues Peele is able to juggle and put together in an original script, the execution was also undeniably pretty sloppy, in my opinion. It’s a film we’re all going to be talking…
Most of this is just a very good don't get out of the car, hey look behind you movie but Peele has such a well of imagination that he creates this additional tantalizing scenario that absolutely begs for both a more coherent idea to tether it to and also an explanation that would kill the whole movie if it was offered. Tough tightrope, fun movie.
