A potentially good idea of a movie that doesn't take itself seriously.. and neither should you.

Rating: 4/10 (28 May 2019)

Having been anticipating this new Jordan Peele movie for quite some time after the terrific ''Get Out'', my expectations were set quite high. In short, I was thoroughly disappointed.
The premise of the movie is deceptively intriguing and does give the entire movie some merit, especially after the very end where the entire plot is made quite transparent. That, however, is just about the only positive thing I can point out in this movie apart from it's sometimes unique camera angles and general quality of production. Oh yeah, and the music. By the last third of the movie, I actually started skipping ahead just to get through the painfully elongated scenes of fighting and ''disturbing'' or ''tense'' games of hide and seek which are more ridiculous than anything else. Like I said in the title, the movie simply doesn't take itself seriously to be passable as a solid horror experience. The jokes are numerous and misplaced as much as they are corny, the interactions nonsensical.. This is especially pronounced when you take into account the scenes where children are perfectly composed and cold-blooded when faced with gore and corpses for the first time in their life. No matter what kind of children you have raised, they will NOT be okay with suddenly having to kill other children or grown-ups for that matter. Many moments feel forced and unimportant, but the biggest issue I might have with the movie is that the characters simply never feel like they are truly and honestly threatened, mostly due to the idiotic comedic chops that keep appearing out of nowhere in situations which are presented as dire.
All in all, I expected much much more from this movie. Wait for the next one, and lets all hope it delivers.