Get Out, or Get Oust.

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2018)

As soon as hypnotism was mentioned, it immediately dawned on me that Georgina and Walter were under hypnosis, as I'm sure that was the point, since the greater reveal is far more sinister. However, though the truth was indeed more alarming, somehow it didn't quite land with that gusto.
The way the reveal came to light was via mere explanation, with little to no demonstration, and was actually quite confusing. Also, the grandparents being the "servants" had zero impact, even though I feel and know it should've had that "OMG" effect, obviously, but sadly, it really didn't.
What would've been a better reveal in my opinion, is Rose also being a pawn in all of this; now that, would've been the kicker. Picture that final scene as it is, with Chris, Walter and Rose; Chris still flashes Walter, and Rose still gives Walter the gun however, as Walter is about to shoot Rose, the flashing lights from the cop car triggers Rose's "passenger" and as Chris realizes that Rose too is a victim, Walter pulls the trigger(insert slow motion here). And so, instead of Chris trying to strangle her, he tries to save her. This way, Rose becomes a far greater redeeming quality than Georgina, for Chris, as an added bonus. And, as an added, added bonus on top of that, it would assist greatly, in at least not painting the ENTIRE white cast as, evil.
The whole family being in on it felt, shortchanged. Get Out was entertaining, but it was missing something and the reveal wasn't awesome enough, or it wasn't revealed as awesomely as it could've.
Of course, given the angle chosen, there has to be an underlying message to this film, of sociopolitical issues among other matters, and that is impossible to ignore, and perhaps aids in stealing some of the shine from this film unfortunately. The undisclosed narrative may be true, however, in the interest of putting art before politics, Get Out was less than it should've been, but much more than what it could've been. 6.5/10.