Review of Get Out (2017) by Jonathan I — 14 Mar 2018

Sound design is horrible! Music is crap. Sadly, most of its humor is unintentional. Fine in it's directing and acting. It is well-written. But in many ways, it's well-written B.S. Peele does capture the discomfort apologetic white liberals leave in their wake but fails to make that specificity clear, which, for a film as high profile as it's become, can lead to widespread misunderstandings about contemporary mass-racism--the real horror of this film.

In other words, Peele shares a real issue, but addressing it as a wide issue can come across as small-minded. Its intentions can surpass generic race issues and audiences can connect to it in terms of modern LGBT issues, timeless family dynamics, and nationality, but due to its black-vs-white racial heavy-handedness, the film itself almost tries to ignore these possibilities.

In fact, the racial implications are so heavy-handed that any horror genre elements feel like cheap extremism for "entertainment" points. For example, the final stretch is utter messy nonsense.

Many things here do show off a beginner's hand, which makes it hard to take too seriously, though many people are; which, as previously mentioned, is the real horror! In mass American culture, this film is 35 years outdated.