Watch Us a Second Time (SPOILERS AND FAN THEORIES AHEAD)

Rating: 9/10 (24 March 2019)

So I just came out of the theater from seeing Us a second time. The first time I watched Us, I very much enjoyed it. I found it to be funny, suspenseful, and the ending completely caught me by surprise, but there were things that left me confused. I felt I had missed certain details that could have potentially added to my viewing experience. Then I went back to see Us for the second time and I felt so much more of the film worked. It became clear that something was wrong with Adelaide from the beginning and I was suddenly shocked that the rest of the audience had no idea. I also had heard a theory since my first viewing of the movie that Jason also was switched out like his mother (likely on an earlier trip to Santa Cruz), which the film also hints to numerous times. These clues include the fact that he cannot work his magic toy, but his tethered version can, he is the only family member who seems to figure out that Adelaide isn't who she says she is, he knows words that he shouldn't, and Adelaide seems to potentially realize the tethered Jason is the real Jason when he steps into the fire in the third act of the film. She suddenly seems to be at a loss when this happens, moments after she is about to kill him herself. Anyways, these are all just theories of course but I really do believe the film has a lot to offer and does make at least enough sense to work as a movie. Of course no movie makes perfect sense, and this film is no exception.