Get Out

After watching the trailer for Get Out, I was very excited and nearly flew through the ceiling when I found out it was directed by Jordan Peele. I've been watching the Peele brothers and their sketches for two years now and for me personally they are the funniest comedians not only in America but in the world, and I know very well how big movie fans they are and horror is one of their favorite genres. Keegan-Michael Key has made it into acting, where he recently surprised in the comedy Why Him and is set to star in next year's Predator, and Jordan just took the director's chair and is tearing up records in every aspect with his debut. Not only has it already grossed thirty times its budget, but its ratings (83% from 25k people makes Get Out the highest rated horror film of the last 30 years, even beating The Exorcist, and that's saying a hell of a lot). The Dublin cinema was packed with both seniors and teens and surprisingly no one ran out of the theatre. But now to the film. Get Out has only one downside, and that is the longer running time, otherwise everything is absolutely brilliant and creatively playful. Not much happens in the first half, but from the beginning the film carries a mysterious and disturbing atmosphere, where every member of the family is special in some way, even strange,but after the arrival of a major and very unsettling twist (the last time a twist like that killed me was in The Visit) the film picks up the pace densely, more twists and turns appear, and a lot of humour starts to build up, taken care of by a black policeman (and he was really funny! ) and surprisingly, it's also very fitting here, culminating in a very intense and gritty killing spree that will give you flashbacks to both SAW 3 and Inside, but it's all carried out in digestible standards, i.e. the killings are spectacular but don't involve much gore, which I don't mind at all in this film. The playful cinematography and excellent acting by all involved is also a big plus. I personally feel Get Out has a cult status carrying the statuette for best paranoid horror film ever. A well-deserved success and I hope you enjoy it in the cinemas next month as much as I did. 95% (2017-03-22)

I've seen a lot of poor horror movies lately that have been praised by American critics only because they were gender-progressive or originated in an exotic country and themed some form of oppression. At first glance, Get Out seems exactly like the "we have an explosive racial topic that someone has dealt with in all its explicitness" case, but from the opening scene Peele gives the impression that he is a) an excellent screenwriter who calmly turns a social metaphor into a grotesque slasher without the structure disintegrating, b) a director able to work with subliminal tension, which is guaranteed to escape the local horror experts, but certainly not an audience with a certain degree of cultivated attention to detail. The first third is a socially relevant metaphor for black masks, the middle builds tension, and the final acts offers peppery catharsis. Together, the acts make a film that is a more intelligent and serious reflection of racial identity for me than the whole of Moonlight. I was only bothered by a little superfluous ethereal music and a few places where you can see inside Get Out more than one would like. Otherwise, it’s great. (2017-04-27)

I was a bit concerned this would turn into another campaign for the rights of the American minority, of which there is enough everywhere these days. Partially it did, but the story was written in such a way that it didn’t get annoying. By that I mean that I had a pretty good time watching it, because the mean white people were really sneaky, Daniel Kaluuya was impressively flashing his eyeballs, and Rod's visit to the police station was hilarious. I just wouldn't go so far as to call this a horror film. (2020-01-03)

A feature-length episode of Black Mirror, which the wave of last year's Moonlight and related racial themes nonsensically elevated to the level of a battle for Oscars. Daniel Kaluuya authentically experiences all the sensitive and menacing moments in the role of the main protagonist, and I am very glad to see the underappreciated Allison Williams in a leading role, but it's not enough. An interesting concept is not sufficient for an entire film, and after all the reviews, I inevitably expected a foundation of a new direction or at least a surprisingly well-guided genre film. However, nothing lies beneath this slightly superficial portrayal with its one-sided point. (2018-02-21)

The atmosphere of the film Get Out is its strong point, where some scenes are truly shot so hauntingly uncomfortably that you'll be stunned. The scene with the runner, for example, literally gives me chills. But the real strong element of the film is the performances, especially Daniel Kaluuya and the actors portraying the Armitage household, who deliver incredible performances primarily through facial expressions and emotions. A great experience seen in the movie theater! (2017-04-28)