Review of Get Out (2017) by Realnicklandon — 27 Feb 2017

Here's the thing: Jordan Peele wrote a great 20 minutes of a film, and then had to scramble to justify it with the first 80-some-odd minutes of this mostly unredeemable travesty. The film had a lot to say, and a highly pertinent and important agenda, but it was hokey and clunky in its delivery.

The dialogue is disgracefully ugly, most of the characters are thinly written and generally unlikable, and the narrative and themes critics are calling "subversive" and "satirical" are too conspicuous and on the nose to convey the sort of subtlety that marks great films of the genre.

This movie is well shot, well acted, and bares a solid last 20 minutes. Otherwise, it's complete and utter garbage that only takes low hanging fruit at the expense of its, again, very important message.

Very confused by the critics' response on this one.