Epic fail

Rating: 1/10 (31 July 2019)

Fantastic idea, abysmal delivery.
On the back of Get Out's phenomenal reception, Peele has free reign to write, produce and direct this big, flaccid turkey of a film.
So many things to deride here. Terrible dialogue, awful special effects, ridiculous breath-voice of the anti-wife, hilarious walrus-calls of the anti-husband.
If only someone had gently taken him aside and suggested allowing somebody else some input. The socio-zeitgeisty point the film is making is truly interesting, but the execution is sadly lacking any pace, tension, story or characterisation. I'm baffled as to why people have praised the acting, as it's mostly risible, even from the likes of Elizabeth Moss, who's myriad scary faces had me hooting with laughter. Was that the intention? Seems like the film itself doesn't know.
Quite early on I started wondering if Peele wouldn't be better doing opinion pieces for an enlightened newspaper rather than subjecting us to this laughable dross.
This, along with his mediocre-at-best forays into TV, make me conclude that Get Out was a happy mistake rather than a sign of great things to come.