I must be missing something...

Rating: 6/10 (19 June 2019)

The big reveal at the end was no surprise for me, I think the film telegraphed that the doppelgänger was actually the mother right from the first scene in the hall of mirrors. And there was just too many mundane things that didn't make sense, like not being able to move a coffee table which a character is handcuffed to (must have been the heaviest coffee table in existence) as just one example of dozens. The whole premise seems too far-fetched with too many rational plot holes. The whole doppelgänger Hands Across America thing went right over my head, too.
I loved Jordan Peele's last film, and I guess this one is dripping with metaphor maybe as well, but if it is, it is so opaque to me to be impossible to noodle out. I thought the homages to The Shining were cool, but it seemed that the symbolism existed just for it's own sake throughout rather than going anywhere. The best I could come up with is how modern political discourse has gotten so vile and shrill on both sides of the aisle that we do and say things (especially on social media) that in the not-so-reason past would be unthinkable even to ourselves, so we are our own doppelgängers, though I know that interpretation would be a real stretch.
I still think the film is worth seeing, and maybe all the absolutely and uniformly stellar reviews it got is another lesson that I should ignore the critics and ratings and just watch what looks interesting, but there are such a plethora of good films out there from all over the planet that I need someway of figuring out what to give a try... I guess the best lesson I could get from feeling let down by a film like "Us" is to never trust critics completely, and never get my hopes up, but easier said than done.
I'm looking forward to Peele's next film, I think he's a visual engaging director, but I also hope it's a little more coherent with less fantastical plot elements, where even in the realm of the horror genre there were just far too many unanswered questions and far too many things that just didn't make sense from a practical standpoint. It seemed to me like is so common with many other films after a director has a real blockbuster with a huge R.O.I., that they get maybe too much creative control, which can lead to unintentional self-indulgence (like after "The Deer Hunter" as a perfect example). Whatever it was, I hope that his next movie is a bit more like his first big success and a lot less like "Us".