Us

Rating: 7/10 (22 March 2019)

Satisfactory creepy entertainment. Jordan Peele's "Us" is by no means a failure, but it is not as perfect as some would like to believe.
The picture begins rather well; it sets up the central conflict with Peele's usual style of tricks; suspense, humour, originality, good dialogue. This continues up until two-thirds or so when the story begins to overwhelm and quite possibly confuse the audience with its constant output of ideas. It begins to feel more muddled and less grounded in the world Peele has established. It almost feels like you are watching a different film in the end from the one you initially intended. All you're left with is Peele's version of a Shyamalan twist.
In the end, Peele ignores the "bomb theory", eliminating real suspense at a point where the film should have used it to its maximum potential.