An Atrocious Piece of Filth!

Rating: 2/10 (11 March 2018)

This is supposed to pass as an excellent film these days? Sheesh!
Funnyman Jordan Peele's directorial debut became the biggest sleeper hit in years. The sole reason for this is because Jordan Peele abandons his successful comedy trope for a 100% gritty film. Just because someone goes out of their comfort zone, does not mean the result is anything good. He tries to make a modern-day horror/thriller with a black lives matter theme, which fail dismally.
'Get Out' has a very promising start. Chris is a black man in his early 20's and is dating white Rose. They've been going out long enough where it's time for him to meet her family. Her family is wealthy and they live in a remote area in the woods. He is a little uncomfortable since he's the only black guy among them. He meets some other black people in the area that act weird. He's even getting some hypnosis therapy from Rose's mother (Catherine Keener). So far, the movie is very well done. The filming is excellent, the narrative is exciting, and it's weird enough to keep the audience begging for more. When I first saw this, I was expecting this to go for a 'Vanilla Sky' or 'The Game' kind of explanation for all the bizarre things happening to Chris. But nooooooooooooooo!!!
There's a twist that happens a little more than half way through that had me turning this off right away the first time I watched it. From that point on, the film hits the bottom of the barrel. It turns out that Rose and her family get black people to come to her family then her mother does heavy duty hypnosis so that they become slaves and sex slaves. I'm not making this up. This is an extremely stupid and retarded concept. Chris' best friend, Rod, is babysitting his dog and Chris is giving him some low-downs of the weird things that have been happening. Rod figures out the brainwashing scheme and reports it to the police. They laugh their heads off. They're right! Howcome none of the audience members or critics that saw the movie didn't think the same as these cops?!? So Chris gets out in one piece, but not without a fight. Him getting revenge on the family is pretty cool. These people getting destroyed was the only way of this movie getting any kind of redemption.
When the twist gets revealed, 'Get Out' immediately becomes the single worst concept for a horror/thriller I've ever seen. The best way to describe the weakness of the movie is "mean-spirited." "Mean-spirited" is unrealistic (the movie is very unrealistic) cruelty without any payoff. Watching 'Get Out' is like watching a 7-year-old kind getting mercilessly bullied by an 8th-grader.
If you have an ounce of self-respect, you will stay away from this mean-spirited insult of a film!
1/4