+ visuals, cinematography - Over-hyped, convoluted, ridden with plot-holes

Rating: 3/10 (25 March 2019)

I do not get all the hype around this movie after it has been seen by so many people. I was hyped too, because of Get Out, but Us is super disappointing. First of all, it is not a horror movie. And it is not because it did not have jump scare or other tropes, in fact, it had quite a few of those. Every time they built up to a tense situation, one of the characters would say or do something goofy and it would kill the whole vibe. I was in the cinema hall and a lot of the time I and others were just laughing at scenes. If this was meant to be a horror spoof, then maybe it had something to it, but then it was not mounted as such. It left me very confused. Also, all the subtexts that people are reading into it, I did not get any of it. It would be very pretentious if I just had to come out and say "yeah, it's an awesome movie". I am a sucker for psychological thrillers, but this one ain't that either. And the plot has so many holes and convenient turns, that I am not even asking for any explanations. My only positive for this movie is some of the awesome visuals and cinematography.