The 1970's are back in fashion...

Rating: 4/10 (8 August 2017)

I think those who have glowingly awarded this film and praised this film to the rafters need to re-watch it with a bit more of a critically aware eye.
For sure there are positives...it isn't very long haha...no aspects are OK but I feel the negatives haven't been dealt with in most of the reviews.
It is so plodingly slow at the start and riddled with obvious cliché and open questions, the twists are a brick in the face obvious and apart from the lead not particularly likable or believable.
The cast act / overact at every opportunity with a couple of notable exceptions but for me it is the narrative / story itself that is the problem.
Get Out looks and comes across as a very 1970's thriller / horror, think The Stepford Wives (1975) for creepy neighbours and not all who we think they are. For e it feels locked in this period of more psychological horror but without much of a contemporary dose of something other than the pretty lame explanation when we do get it. Actually the *spoiler alert* operation theatre I found ludicrous and felt like there was no budget left by this stage of proceedings. The final scenes are just generic chase / escape / not escape and say nothing or bring nothing new to this or any other genre.
The best aspects for me are certainly Daniel Kaluuya who has a wide eyed innocent about him throughout which was very good and also a smaller part by Lakeith Lee Stanfield that felt resolved unlike most of the other characters.
Hey I actually just read a brief article by the Director and he cites The Stepford Wives, well..there you go Get Out, imitation is the best for of flattery...