Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2018)

I have never seen a better movie that depicts the insidious, rather than overt, nature of racism. This movie is for all the white folks who think "they aren't racist." There are so many layers to this movie: majority culture coercing the minds of the minority, the annoyance of having to explain your identity to every white person around you, the societal eye-rolls when a black person goes missing, the "violent nature" of a black man (gaslighting at its finest).. Sometimes, the everyday occurrences that a person experiences is more painful than one traumatic event. This movie perfectly depicts just that.
And to all those that complain that this movie "played the race card:" this is like complaining that the Pirates of the Caribbean movie played the "pirate card." Why isn't racism a legitimate theme in cinema? Oscars, I'm looking at you. I understand why some white folks don't like having a mirror held in front of them, but that doesn't make those suffering from "well-intentioned" white people disappear. Looking away is culpability and watching this movie is one small step in the opposite direction. And isn't that the whole point of art? To open your eyes, to make you feel? Doesn't the best kind of art make you feel uncomfortable, and in that discomfort, change your perspective? This is a horror movie told through the eyes of a black man, but unlike slasher films, this horror comes from a very real place. This is what I learned from watching this movie as a white woman, so excuse my ignorance, as I am not black. I can never begin to understand how that feels. Ignorance is bliss, which is a dangerous luxury that is not afforded to all.