Not a 1/2... Not a 9/10... A 7 is fair and generous

Rating: 7/10 (8 December 2019)

Reading through the Wikipedia page for this film, particularly the "reception" section, was the reason I finally decided to create an IMDB account to give you (lucky people... lol) a true analysis is the faults of this film, and, more importantly, the stigma associated with this film. What I am referring to is the "anonymous" Oscar voter who felt pressured to vote for this film as the "Best Picture" award winner, lest they be considered a "rascist". I don't know about you (dear reader), but I have been sick and tired of "political correctness" and "pressure to display anti-racism" (which usually adds up to reverse-racism anyway) since it has become popular (in recent years) to do so.
The double-standard in film when it comes to race is tiresome. If a film were made portraying "African-Americans" as emulating typically "Caucasian" trends at the expense of their own culture... you would have a fiasco on your hands, critical reception would be highly negative, regardless of if the film is exceptional or terrible... you know it and I know it. We are in an era of increasing double-standards, any film portraying typically "African-American" culture is usually highly overpraised (Black Panther and this film come to mind)... not that these films are bad by any means (I give Black Panther a 7.5)... but they are not Cinema Classics either. Black Panther being touted as the "best superhero movie ever made" is absolutely ridiculous... though the visuals are incredible.
2 major complaints about this film are: most Caucasians in this film are either dumb or diabolical... even though the viewer is supposed to view this as "tongue-in-cheek", it reeks of passive/aggression towards Caucasian people... you could not make a film with role-reversals of this in Hollywood today... you know that and I know that too.
The other is the sheer weakness of the "operation" and it's permanent quality... a flash of a camera is enough to reverse the effects... pretty weak... although, I kinda think that was the point, Caucasians are too dumb to identify and fix the issue... C'mon Man!!
I could go on and on... but I won't... this is a good (not great) horror film... judging by Jordan Peele's follow-up "Us", I think we can expect more of the same from him...
This film is no "Exorcist"... it's not an "all-time great"... and Jordan Peele is not the "second coming" of Mario Bava... if you are a horror aficionado like I am, pay attention to Robert Eggers, he is the future of "Hollywood Horror".