Get Out

The film features excellent screenwriting and above all directing, with a strange white panopticon, a properly soaked racist mindset, and above all the insistent feeling of "what the fuck...?". The intensity, where you pray that the plot will keep moving and you will learn a little more, works mainly because the protagonist maintains a rational approach throughout and the plot never once allows him to slip into a genre crutch. Moreover, this is brilliantly caricatured by the character of the best friend, who both introduces and breaks down traditional creative practices by commenting on upcoming events over the phone. It's terribly simple and yet perfectly thought out and embellished in detail, a work of art straight out of a magazine. 4 ½. (07/20/2017)

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. (04/27/2017)

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% (03/21/2017)

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. (02/21/2018)

The completely reversed view of racism caused that Get Out is one of the most interesting thrillers that I have seen recently. Racist hatred created a very strong story here – and it’s best that you know as little as possible about it before watching. That way, you will be really surprised and at the same time you will feel suspense with every passing minute, which will make your experience of the movie even stronger. On top of that, I have to add that Daniel Kaluuya made a very interesting impression on me. We’ll see what other movies he comes up with in the future. (12/15/2017)