Jordan Peele tells the good message of his new film in an unnecessarily difficult way.

Rating: 5/10 (24 March 2019)

Us is a new horror thriller directed, written and partly produced by Jordan Peele, the director of Get Out.
In the film, the Wilson family decides to go on holiday to Santa Cruz, California, in the old family home of mother Adelaide (Lupita Nyong´o), in order to escape their busy lives. Here they plan to spend some time with friends who live here and to relax together.
When they spend a day at the beach, the youngest son Jason (Evan Alex) wanders and almost goes missing. As a result of this event, mother Adelaide is bothered by her mother's instinct and becomes very protective of her family, because she used to experience unpleasant events in the same area.
The family goes straight back to the old family house to spend the night here. Here they also see four mysterious figures that hang around the house and eventually break into the house. If the family clearly sees who has invaded the house, the family sees that they are dealing with doubles. These doubles seem to want to kill the family, to take over their lives. The Wilson family must now compete with their doubles to preserve their own lives.
With this film Jordan Peele has made another interesting film, with which he, just like his last film Get Out, also tries to tell a message about life and the world. With Get Out, he tried to raise the issues of racism in a playful way. With this film Jordan Peele also tells a good message, but unfortunately he has chosen to tell the message of this film in an unnecessarily difficult way. Because of this narrative method, the films can sometimes come across as lengthy rather than interesting. As a horror film it is also more exciting than really scary.
If, as a viewer, you continue to pay attention while watching the film, you can find some hidden announcements in the film that help you understand the message of the film and what the final plottwist is. Despite these hidden announcements, you only get the full explanation of how certain things and events could happen in the film at the end of the film. Unfortunately, the explanation at the end of the film does not provide an answer to all the questions that you, as a viewer, may have while watching the film. If Jordan Peele had paid more attention to the end of his film script, he might have been able to answer these unanswered questions, so that the viewers would not be left with unanswered questions.
The acting is well done in the film. Jordan Peele also had the cast watch ten horror films to get in a good mood for filming this film. Most of the cast also play a double role, because in addition to their original characters, they also play the roles of their doubles. So they have to play the same roles in two different ways in the film. The actors who play the family in the film look realistic as a family because of the way they interact. Lupita Nyong´o puts the best acting as the main character in the film. The young actors who play the children in the film also play their roles well. For them, this film is also their first real film role that they play.