Get Out(2017) movie review

Rating 8/10 
Genre: psychological thriller, suspense 
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams...
Director: Jordan Peele 

Rose and Chris have been in a relationship for 5 months. Rose tells Chris that he is the first black boyfriend she has ever had and asks him to her house to introduce him to her parents. Her father is a neurosurgeon and mother is a psychiatrist. Chris is initially hesitant to make the trip because as a black man he is aware of the bias and judgement his people face at the hands of white people everyday. But Rose convinces him otherwise and they set off on the journey. 

They reach the house and Rose's parents are very welcoming of Chris. There are two black servants at the house and they pretend to be nice towards Chris but are subtly very hostile. He senses this and mentions to Rose but she doesn't understand him. The first night they are there, Rose's mother hypnotises Chris using a cup and spoon against his wish. He wakes up in the morning in his bed and doesn't know if the hypnosis was a dream or it had actually happend. Then the family  throws a party and a set of strangers show up who are mesmerized by Chris but treat him as an object of adoration and use. Slowly..things start getting weirder and unnatural..scary.. that put Chris's life in danger. What are those circumstances? What are the family's intentions in having Chris as a guest there? Will Chris escape his fate and get away from the crazies living in that sprawling mansion?? 

Jordan Peele I think has a really dark imagination and is not averse to bring it to life on screen. I have watched another thriler movie directed by him, Us(2019) which has a really twisted story line, predominance of good black actors  and a story which is too fantastic to be true. Even the basic assumption in this movie is a fantasy I believe because we cannot swap people out of their bodies. We cannot surgically remove a person's consciousness or soul and put it into another person's body. And yet the movie is very thrilling and I was riveted to it till the end. This movie has won several oscar award nominations and wins for screenplay etc. 


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