A knock out of the park from first time director Jordan Peele

Rating: 9/10 (22 March 2017)

Get out is the directorial debut by comedian Jordan Peele from the comedy central show "Key and Peele" as well as Mad TV. Unlike his work that I previously mentioned this is a horror film so it was really interesting to see what he would do with this movie.
So what's the story? Chris (played by Daniel Kaluuya) goes on a trip with his girlfriend Rose to meet her parents. Only thing is he is black and her parents are from a rural suburb and he's worried they won't care for them being in an interracial relationship. At first everything seems okay. The parents welcome Chris in open arms however ,the longer they are at this meet the parents trip, things become stranger and stranger, as the parents gradually begin acting more sinister and hostile and every person that works at this house is black, further adding to the creepiness of this whole situation.
Let's talk about the dialogue in this movie, every single word that is said has some sort of meaning and commentary behind it. If you watch the trailers you'll see the Dad using stereotypical black slang and accents when speaking to Chris in an effort to relate to him. Every one is trying insanely hard to prove that they aren't racist, and many other things that make the viewer feel more uneasy the more they talk.
The good thing is the subtext in this movie isn't completely reliant on dialogue the TV's look very much like the old style ones from the 1950's, the architecture of the house is colonial style like a plantation home and so much detail put in this movie that it's insane. You really get the feeling that Jordan Peele put a lot of effort and care into crafting this insane horrific world.
Also the pacing is very well done. It starts off fairly relaxed. Not boring, just relaxed. Then the further the movie goes along the more intense it gets. The film lulls you in such a way that you don't even notice how drastically the tone changes over time until the movie is over and you realize you've been on the edge of your seat for over 90 minutes.
Despite the film being an extremely intense experience Jordan Peele does manage to sprinkle in some of his special brand of humor when the tension needs to ease up at times. There were times when I would be scared out of my mind and then in the very next scene I'd be rolling in my seat laughing.
You might take a look at this and think if you're a white person "man I don't wanna watch this movie, I don't wanna feel like some monster simply cause I'm white." And to that I say get over yourself just because some white people suck doesn't automatically mean you do. With that being said this movie takes a subject that can be very divisive and uses carefully crafted suspense blended with humor to bring the viewer in who may have an entirely different background from the main character as far as race relations go and generate sympathy for problems one may not have to deal with on a regular basis. Me personally, I'm a white man from a rural SOUTHERN suburb in a predominantly white town, and unfortunately I have encountered many people with racist attitudes in my lifetime. And yet I didn't feel attacked for my background or anything like that.
While I did mention everything having a purpose, and extreme attention to detail there are certain parts that while scary at the time don't really have a lasting impact on the story as a whole. The thing is though this is something you don't realize until you're in the car on your way home and you think to yourself wait a second! Really that's my only knock about this movie the story is intriguing, the dialogue and scenery are rich with social commentary, it's well paced, just certain things don't really pay off as well as they could from time to time. Go see this movie. If you consider yourself a horror fan you owe it to yourself to see this movie, especially since good horror is in such short supply recently.
And I'm gonna give Get Out, a 9/10.
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