Destined to be a Classic

Rating: 9/10 (17 June 2017)

Film fans might avoid the movie "Get Out" because it looks like another drama about a black man, a white woman, and the way they are treated in the inter racially unfriendly deep south. However they will quickly discover that director Jordan Peele has twisted this theme of racial ethnicity into a bizarre and intense psychological thriller. The story revolves around Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) a young black photographer who is dragged by his white girlfriend, Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) to her parent's traditional gathering of wealthy white family and friends. Chris is well aware of the hostility he might encounter from the white folks in Alabama but he isn't prepared for the unnatural behaviour of the black people he encounters, especially the gardener (Marcus Henderson) and the maid (Betty Gabriel) whom Rose ironically insists are part of the Armitage family. Rose's father, Dean Armitage (Bradley Whitford) walks Chris through the family history and discloses some interesting facts Rose's grandfather while his wife Missy (Catherine Keener) corrals Chris into a discussion about hypnosis and her ability to cure people of their disgusting smoking habit all the while stirring a cup of tea with her spoon. Everything seems benign in the Armitage family until Rose's brother, Jeremy (Caleb Landry Jones) reveals his true racial prejudice although Missy quickly puts him back in line. The next day, Chis is introduced to several guests attending the gathering who share their admiration for particular traits of black race; the physical strength, the athletic ability, and the fashionable appeal. But when he notices the one black guest resembles an old acquaintance named Dre (Lakeith Stanfield) who mysteriously disappeared from the neighbourhood several years ago, Chris calls his New York friend Rod (LilRel Howery) who investigates the matter and eventually comes to rescue him from this horrible nightmare. "Get Out" will certainly prove to be one of the great, psychological thrillers and deserves its high IMDb rating.