I wanted to love the film so badly..

Rating: 6/10 (23 March 2019)

When I saw just the trailers, it stayed in an ambiguously supernatural territory, and it sparked so much intrigue, imagination, and psychological tension--(What are these entities are and where they come from? Are the counterparts from a shadow dimension that parallels our universe? Are they demonic entities individually assigned to each person from hell? Are they physical manifestations of our own inner demons that somehow severed from our souls?)
...but I was a little disappointed when it went into sci-fi/clones territory and mixed genres. I hate to label Us as science fiction; the movie doesn't outright say they were clones, but it was alluded...and I love a film shrouded in ambiguity, but science fiction requires thorough world-building and the logistical questions need answers, at least before the credits roll. Quantum fiction is the genre where Us should have stayed (think Lovecraft, Stranger Things, Insidious, etc.); it has more leeway for leaving things in the dark.
Lupita Nyong'o was great as always (as was the entire cast), and I applaud Jordan Peele's creativity and sense of fun (which is missing in the industry) and l still cannot wait to see what he comes out with next.