A brilliant film hampered by idiocy--minor spoilers

Rating: 6/10 (23 March 2019)

So at a first, cursory glance, this may strike some as a straight-forward horror movie--albeit extremely weird and confusing. After a bit of reflection and analysis, the vast, meaningful layers of the film start to reveal themselves to you. What the movie is truly trying to say at its core may be different to each person and up for debate; however, the basic idea is that we are our own worst enemies. There is an exorbitant amount of depth and symbolism beyond that, or at least I think there might be--I'm not about to say I truly understand this film.
HOWEVER, the issue with this film, at least for me and presumably people like me, is that there are also numerous cases where the viewer is questioning the logic and realism of what's happening on-screen that it detracts from focusing on the more thematic depths of the film. For such an obviously intelligent film, there are WAAAYYY too many instances of horror-movie cliche events where the characters make a stupid decision seemingly to keep the film and scares going (just how are you going to forget the car keys, for the SECOND TIME, after formulating a plan to drive to mexico? and then why are they suddenly going back to the center of the calamity when there's no apparent no reason to go back there and we just decided to LEAVE? etc) There are also issues concerning the dopplegangers that seem to defy reason, even in this alternate universe the film creates. The actions of the two individuals in each pair seem to only be connected when the film deems it so.
The film brings up a lot of thematic questions, some of them are about who we are and how we treat others, which are important questions for us to ask. Unfortunately, the film also brings up a lot of literal questions about the hows and whys of the events that are unfolding on the screen, distracting the analytic viewer with thoughts of "well, that doesn't make any sense." Perhaps, upon further viewings, all the inane actions of the characters on the screen might reveal themselves to be part of Peele's master plan and were fully intentional. Right now however, I'm thinking: no.
There's a brilliant movie tucked away in here somewhere, it's a shame that it's sharing the screen with a rather idiotic one as well.