Get Out
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, 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 never could have imagined.
- Released: 2017-02-24
- Runtime: 104 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thrillers
- Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Marcus Henderson, Betty Gabriel, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephen Root, Lil Rel Howery, Ashley LeConte Campbell, John Wilmot, Caren L. Larkey, Julie Ann Doan, Rutherford Cravens, Geraldine Singer, Yasuhiko Oyama, Richard Herd, Erika Alexander, Jeronimo Spinx, Ian Casselberry, Trey Burvant, John Donohue, Sean Paul Braud, Zailand Adams, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Evan Shafran, Tahj Vaughans
- Director: Jordan Peele
Comments
- jaysanchu07 - 14 May 2024
Jordan is 2017's ROTY and MVP!
Get Out could probably be a personal favorite of mine among the decade's horror pictures. It serves as a resounding introduction, to Jordan Peele's filmmaking genius that boasts of pristinely crafted, grounded brand of terror, ushered from relevant, social topics his pictures showcases. His work on this genre, is then unprecedented, from my POV.
From the horror perspective, Get Out absolutely HOMERUNS. It veers away from the usual tropes that comes with fear inducing jump scares & repulsive costume design. In place of these, Peele banks on the masterful, slow-building sense of danger & the unsettling atmosphere Get Out operates on. From the eerily staged, peculiar character mannerisms, to the attention-grabbing, carefully elaborate dialogue that comes with missable clues & suggestions, the disarming creepiness overflows from the opening episodes, until its revelations. In praise-worthy fashion, Peele's mastery of the genre extends to the technical aspects of Get Out. The sound design that pays homage to OG horror movies and the distinctive visual elements attest to this, further cementing Peele's stamp as a creator.
Now, where Get Out elevates itself, is in its underlying thought provoking, social themes. This unique perspective certainly elevates the under the skin dread, through racial tension and added depth. These give new meaning to Chris's survival narrative and entices audiences further as somehow someway, Peele draws hilarious comedy & punchlines from the dynamics of it all.
Overall, Get Out deserves its accolades, as it is boasts of an original perspective that sees its harrowing, sinister themes, speak volumes. Jordan Peele understands how to create an effective, practical horror picture, that doesn't lose sight of its relevance, and entertains without question. 8.5/10 Peele is the MVP. - zackl-60078 - 26 March 2024
Still one of the craziest thrillers I've seen
This movie from beginning to end just gives me goosebumps, I'm on the edge of my seat the whole time watching this movie, the acting just makes it even better. This family is just so psychotic, and the main character Chris doesn't know what he's about to get into. His girlfriend in the movie is just so manipulative that he believes he can trust her which is why I feel bad for him in the end, and for her to do what she did is insane to me this whole family is just so messed up and they can't be happy with themselves. It's crazy to me to be honest. Seeing this movie and remembering Jordan Peele wrote and directed is still crazy to me. And that's what I love about it. - jahikstewart - 11 March 2024
Never Meet Her Family The Movie
I thought Nope was more terrifying than this, but this film still held up as a decent horror flick. Instead of family of rednecks chasing off a black man with a shotgun a household of black progressive affluent white fills in their role of terrorizing the black community. While it may be enlightening to that "black-conscious" white family can harbor racism, I've always recognized that racism isn't confined to a political stance This movie effectively opens the eyes of white America to the small fears experienced by black people, such as walking in predominantly white neighborhoods, visiting a white girl's family, or the anxiety that arises when a police car shows up.
Most the plot driven by the lack of survival instincts of our black protagonist Chris, whose obliviousness to the dangerous situations rivals that of the boyfriend from Midsomer. I get that the protag prefers taking the backseat when making decisions, but it's hard to believe that he would overlook some of these red flags. His girlfriend Rose's home wouldn't look out of place in 1800s and none of the black servants know what fist bump let alone hold a normal conversation, and meeting his girlfriend strange family I wouldn't stick around to meet more of them at a family gathering. And after discovering those photos, I don't know why he continues to trust his girlfriend would help him escape.
Imagine my surprise when he finally showed some resourcefulness and managed to thwart the entire operation. The ending, in which a police car becomes a saving grace for the black man instead of the white woman for once, was particularly satisfying.
Excellent selection of music that enhanced the African American folk legend of the modern age vibes. Good comedic timing, especially with any scenes Chris' friend Rod is in.
Small plot holes in movie, like why Chris never questions why the famous photographer Jim is at the family gathering and why Rose failed to mention it, kept me rating this movie higher. But overall, this film breathes new energy into black horror storytelling. - faracha_suda - 27 December 2022
Definitely a new genre...
Definitely a new genre, and I'm not into horror movies, but Jordan Peele added enough psychological depth to the characters it was impossible to stop watching it! I have not watched a horror film since the 90's. Believing that the possibility of them being fractionally real - will keep me up at night. With that being said these characters feel like family or people you work with for a long long time! You feel for them as much as you feel with them & that is where this worked for me. The audience feels connectivity & shares in the characters feelings. Not everyone connects to every character, but all you need is one and you are hooked. The story though "way out" (smirk) was a conscionable fear driven-if and then-if this could happen then what would be the result...after watching look up Jordan Peele's discussion on the ending. The ending was excitingly, terrifyingly perfect! On a more personal note it is a disturbing film- it would be irresponsible of me not to say this. For the Psychiatrists/Psychologists, Behavioral Specialists, Psychiatric intake nurses, and social workers you have been warned-it takes you into a wormhole and the escape key is literally your only escape-tread lightly, know your own limits, but enjoy the ride! - luc1anr0se - 26 November 2022
Unsettling and Utterly Brilliant
Get Out isn't the scariest thriller you'll ever see, it won't keep you up at night but what it does have is a thrilling and unique plot that deals intricately with race issues still prevalent in todays society. While it's not particularly a social justice stand, as a minority who's been in situations similar to this it provides accurate insight into how it sometimes feels being out of your own culture and being treated differently, although not to the extent of this film, it deals well with feeling unsafe being a certain ethnicity outnumbered by people of another culture.
The plot was interesting and from the beginning everything felt unsettling, it also manages to blend in humour well without tuning the seriousness and tension of the rest of the film, the ending was extremely satisfying and it's one of the best thrillers released recently. - movmentofillusion - 24 October 2022
Mind blown!
I have spent a good portion of my years watching movies of different genres, and one of the biggest problems I have is they're so categorically written and put together in a certain order. When I watch this movie I know who had put it together being known as a comedian. Maybe one of the hardest movies to see what's coming your way I've never been so shocked by the change up and totally blew my mind. Considering the background of Jordan Peele I underestimated this flick. It stands with social horror as a introduction almost, not to say the idea is new it has nothing next to it's impact on different cultures not really knowing one another. Definitely one of my top choices in the horror genre, plus some. - andyajoflaherty - 2 September 2022
Worst. Parent. Meeting. Ever.
Regarded as a masterpiece of modern horror, Get Out follows Chris as he goes to meet his girlfriends family who live out in the middle of nowhere. To talk about any of the plot would spoil it, but this film just oozes unease and paranoia from the moment the couple leave the house, and as you journey along with Chris the tension a dread just build and build to the.... very 80s horror conclusion. Get Out was acclaimed upon release for not only being a superb horror film, but also as a piece of social and racial commentary, and it is certainly one of the best horror films I have seen in modern times. I highly recommend it.
