Never judge a film by what the critics say.

Rating: 3/10 (20 October 2019)

I rarely watch films that are hyped up by film critics as I know that such 'critics' are always more impressed by the expression of their own knowledge, understanding and overall genius than by anything else. They try to impress the uneducated masses, that is the rest of us, with their brilliant analyses, particularly of modern films which address what they see as serious social issues.
I decided to watch "Get Out" partly because the premise looked reasonably interesting and partly because it had received some good reviews. What a mistake; I really should have stuck with my usual approach.
For the most part, it's boring and predictable and, as has been mentioned by other reviewers here, if the colours of the main characters were reversed, the film would have been greeted with outrage rather than plaudits. The occasional interlude of foul language from a peripheral character and some scenes of gruesome violence in the last 15 minutes are largely irrelevant and unnecessary. To a considerable extent, the film makes little sense; it's nothing more than an attempt to demonstrate how badly those nasty white folk treat the black folk and how the black folk will win out in the end.
There is little acting other than the now usual 'meaningful looks', and the limited script is pretty banal. Overall, whatever the clever critics might say, it's dull and has nothing new to say about anything; there is no originality of any sort. That said, it's not terrible, it's just very, very average bordering on poor and, as such, it gets 3 / 10 from me.