The big surprise break-out hit of 2017, "Get Out" has received a lot of critical acclaim and still should be considered to be an underrated movie; that's how good it is. The movie does not necessarily use the most original concept (we have seen similar things with "Rosemary's Baby" or "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" before), but the movie mainly benefits from its clever storytelling - because sometimes it's not about which story you are trying to tell, sometimes it's about how you are trying to tell it.
The brilliant actors (Allison Williams was surprisingly good, Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford were as good as was to be expected, and boy, was Daniel Kaluuya amazing) added to the film's success, as well as its better-than-brilliant directing. Jordan Peele easily deserves an Academy Award nomination for his work as an director; and it's easy to see how much effort and lifeblood flew into the making of this movie. "Get Out" is a horror movie, but not necessarily a horror movie in the original sense of the word; you won't find much blood, just as you won't find many jump scares - in this movie, it's all about the tension, meaningful dialogues, more tension, tension, tension. And it's incredibly well done. Not a single scene has been wasted, every little aspect of the movie has a purpose, and ultimately, that's what movies should be about: telling a story with so much love for its details that a viewer can simply sink into the movie and forget what's happening around him. Jordan Peele has already mastered this art in his directing debut.
The brilliant actors (Allison Williams was surprisingly good, Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford were as good as was to be expected, and boy, was Daniel Kaluuya amazing) added to the film's success, as well as its better-than-brilliant directing. Jordan Peele easily deserves an Academy Award nomination for his work as an director; and it's easy to see how much effort and lifeblood flew into the making of this movie. "Get Out" is a horror movie, but not necessarily a horror movie in the original sense of the word; you won't find much blood, just as you won't find many jump scares - in this movie, it's all about the tension, meaningful dialogues, more tension, tension, tension. And it's incredibly well done. Not a single scene has been wasted, every little aspect of the movie has a purpose, and ultimately, that's what movies should be about: telling a story with so much love for its details that a viewer can simply sink into the movie and forget what's happening around him. Jordan Peele has already mastered this art in his directing debut.