Above Average Horror Film

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2017)

The black photographer Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) travels with his Caucasian girlfriend Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) to meet her family in their house in the countryside. Chris is worried since Rose 's parents do not know that he is black but he is welcomed by her father, the neurosurgeon Dean Armitage (Bradley Whitford); her mother, the psychiatrist Missy (Catherine Keener) that uses hypnotism in her treatments; and her brother Jeremy (Caleb Landry Jones). He has also a weird and cold reception from the black servants Walter (Marcus Henderson) and Georgina (Betty Gabriel). During the night, Chris feels uncomfortable and leaves the bed to breath outside the house. When he returns, Missy is in her office and invites him to talk to her about his mother. However she hypnotizes Chris that freezes while his mind travels to a pitch black place called the sunken place by Missy. On the next morning, Chris wakes up in his bed and he believes he had a nightmare. Then he learns that there will be a family party with white guests only. Chris calls his best friend, the airport security guard Rod Williams (Lil Rel Howery), and he reports the weird events that happened to him. When the guests arrive, Chris feels awkward and convinces Rose to leave the house at night. While packing his clothes to travel back home, Chris finds photographs and the dark secret of the Armitage family.
"Get Out" is an above average horror film by Jordan Peele with a flawed story about veiled racism and without any message and excessive hype. The first half is great and Walter, Georgina and Andre Hayworth look like characters from the 1975 "The Stepford Wives". The second half becomes a joke and the happy ending does not fit well to the story with so many holes and evidences against Chris. Allison Williams is amazing, changing her behavior from a lovely girlfriend to a cruel woman. Catherine Keener is also excellent in the role of a cold hypnotherapist. Daniel Kaluuya performs a non-charismatic character and the impact would be greater with an actor with more personal charm to perform Chris. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Corra!" ("Run!")