Movie Reviews: Get Out

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Meeting the parents is a major landmark for many couples, but what was supposed to be the perfect getaway weekend with the family turns into a nightmare for Chris Washington in the new movie, Get Out, recently put out by Blumhouse Productions, Chris is played by Daniel Kaluuya. Get Out is a comedic, suspenseful and mysterious film directed by Jordan Peele.

In the beginning, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined. Lillian Tate ‘17 described Get Out as “a rollercoaster ride that kept me on the edge of my seat.” Jordan Peele’s directorial debut is an exhilarating horror thriller that also manages to spark laughter and comment on social issues. The cinematography and soundtrack echo horror, but the film finds abundant moments of comic relief like when a father reassures the main character he isn’t racist by claiming, “I would have voted for Obama for a third term.” Before the plot delves into a traditional horror frenzy, it mines the horrors of racism. The social commentary plays on audience expectations and results in both humor and suspense. Delivering both on the expectations of the genre and the comedic expectations of a Jordan Peele creation, Get Out is simply genius.

The trailers may have been a little deceiving, Ricardo Tovar ‘17 said, “I thought I was walking into a horror movie, but it turned out to be both scary and funny at the same time.”  Clearly, Get out will play very differently to black and white audiences. There is something telling in the underlying anxiety that Peele’s script exploits, from the opening scene in which an uneasy black man walking alone in a predominately white suburb recalls the fate of Trayvon Martin to the last, when the arrival of a police car suggests a near-certain turn for the worse. Peele delivers such a gloriously twisted thriller that simultaneously has so much to say about the state of affairs in post-Obama America. Nena Seward ‘18 said “the movie made me rethink the racist society we live in today and how I am indirectly affected and unaffected.” With each action packed scene, dimensional characters, and teeth chattering moments, Get Out never allows its viewers to take a second to blink. The twists and turns they take on the roller coaster that is Get Out is sure to leave their jaws dropping but wanting more. So grab a friend and head on over to Icon or AMC, ‘cause this movie is a must see!