Simply Stunning

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2019)

I thought it was fantastic. Lupita Nyong'o's performance is nothing short of stunning, and he films underlying message is powerful, and subtley handled. The film (or at least, how I viewed the film) is about a disenfranchised lower class overrunning their so-called superiors after realising that they are the same - they are all Americans. The Tethered rather bizarrely go on to do what the surface people could never do themselves, finishing Hands Across America. It's set up as a standard home-invasion thriller but grows into something so much more.
There are definitely holes that you can poke into the plot (Why don't the Tethered just wander out of the tunnel, who's feeding the rabbits, etc. etc), but to me the plot really just felt like a vehicle for the message Peele was trying to bring across. The power of this message, combined with some absolutely stunning performances and cinematography, resulted in a film that stuck with me long after the credits rolled.