Bungled storytelling yields a vacuous woke thrill-ride

Rating: 5/10 (31 March 2019)

An interesting premise, great production values, likeable characters, a few good thrills and laughs unfortunately add up to less than the sum of the parts thanks to ham-handed storytelling.
When you have to end the movie with a lengthy monologue explaining the entire thing, you've failed as a storyteller. Go back to square one, and start over.
Also, surely someone must have noticed that the evil woman's scary voice was embarrassingly pathetic.
Overall, seems like Jordan Peele needs some critical feedback earlier in the process so that he can reach his full potential and not end up like M. Night Shyamalan.