Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
- Released: 2019-03-14
- Runtime: 116 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thrillers
- Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Tim Heidecker, Elisabeth Moss, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop, Madison Curry, Duke Nicholson, Napiera Groves, Kara Hayward, Lon Gowan, Alan Frazier, Dustin Ybarra, Nathan Harrington, Darrel Cherney, James Cobb, Alessandro Garcia, David M Sandoval Jr., Ashley McKoy, Jordan Peele
- Director: Jordan Peele
Comments
- bestfootie - 2 June 2024
Rewatched
So, I watched this in 2019 maybe just before lockdown nonsense. It was a trip then. But I found it more funny than anything with the weird voices of the others, and the scissors. I started walking around the house with scissors and speaking while breathing in. Stayed with me for a few days and I went down a bit of a rabbit hole trying to figure out what was going on.
I watched it again today with a similarly minded spiritual friend and we were seeing all these deep metaphors for the soul, what we do to the soul when we do good/bad here in this physical world, how we must make our music and connect to G-d which has an unseen albeit very real effect on the root of our soul in the more permanent existence after our base physicality passes.
My review was initially 4, as I felt it had taken me on a wild goose chase with no reward. However I've now upped my review rating to 7 as I think it was very well done, lots of covert things hidden which I didn't pick up on the first time. I saw glimpses of Tarantino that Jordan Peele was clearly inspired by at times, the soundtrack works at very moments.
If you are of a spiritual/philosophical bent then you'll enjoy this. Probably don't watch if you're high or on some drugs or you may go down too deep a rabbit hole...
If you're not spiritual/philosophical, you probably won't appreciate this movie. - ESHSfilmclub - 11 February 2024
A suspenseful commentary on American class privilege.
Jordan Peele's use of doppelgangers places a fresh spin on the trope of unprivileged people living underground to provide another source of societal commentary. Us demonstrates that people without opportunity are as capable as those living above the ground indulging in the sun. The only difference is the lack of accessibility to opportunity. Peele's diverse characters provide the perfect comic relief while building tension in the film's thought-provoking plot. These comedic moments harken back to Peele's earlier works like the Key & Peele show, balancing the film's otherwise desolate feeling. The subtle details of the film make it worth the rewatch.
