intelligent, humorous, scary-a whole lot of fun!

Rating: 8/10 (4 February 2018)

When I look beyond the obvious race related message the film offers us, I still see an excellent and entertaining modern day movie masterpiece. "Get Out" is a creative, unique, and witty movie that I am so happy has gotten Oscar recognition (it's sort of what "Mad Max: Fury Road" was in 2015 in terms of an unexpected Best Picture nominee) as it will likely lead to more original voices being heard within the mainstream cinema (I can also say the same about many of the other nominees this year, "The Shape of Water" and "Three Billboards" both being primary examples). The subject matter the film tackles is clearly pretty heavy handed stuff, and is worked into the movie quite well once you get used to it. Racism has almost been used as a cinematic convention at this point, every year there's the new "racism is bad" Oscar bait flick, but "Get Out" pleases with its subversion of convention, as "Get Out" plays provocatively around with genre. At once it works as a mystery-thriller, a horror movie, a comedy, and a drama, and never does a tonal shift feel wrong or out of place. Everything in this movie serves a genuine purpose, which I have to applaud Jordan Peele on as I know that's not easy for a writer to really do. I mean, this is a brilliantly planned out film, scene by scene it stuns and entertains and the 100 minute run time feels more like a 50 minute run time. Really impressive stuff, and a directorial debut no less!