Review: Get Out

Shawn Stevenson, staff writer

Jordan Peele’s Get Out possesses a je ne sais quoi all of its own. Bringing its audience a fresh sense of horror with satirical racism and a dash of comedy. Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) is a black photographer who goes to a well-endowed suburbia with his white girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) to spend a weekend with her family.

However, before they leave, he finds out that she neglected to tell them that he was black, which makes him ill at ease. It does not help the case, that in the opening scene, a young black man is snatched walking down the sidewalk and thrown into a car. This event is unknown by Chris and is prior to his arrival.

It is hard to tell that Get Out is Jordan Peele’s directorial debut, because it feels quite the opposite. With well executed performances, Dean (Bradley Whitford) is too friendly and direct to be hiding anything, or so it may seem. Missy (Catherine Keener), is a psychiatrist who Chris feels un-easy around and fears the way she gets inside his head with a type of hypnosis, sending him to a “sunken place,” and exposing the feelings he has about his mother who was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was a young child.

Rose however, seems to be the biggest mystery in the movie. Instead of insisting that everything is okay, she actually lets Chris know that everything that is going on is actually happening, trying to help him make sense out of everything as if she really cares. If you love jump-scares, amazing plot twists and gore, then Get Out is a must-see movie.