Sunday 29 October 2023

Us (2019 Jordan Peele & scr, prod)

A bit of a disappointment after Get Out, this doesn't seem so funny or to have the same sharp satirical edge, it's quite silly and the twist ending doesn't really make any sense. The beginning is good, all Steadicam and creepy boardwalk, as the young girl gets lost. Then we jump forward and she's now the grown up Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave), married to Winston Duke, with useful-proving children Evan Alex and Shahdi Wright Joseph. With Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker. When crazy and super-powerful lookalikes turn up, it starts to get boring.

Photographed by Mike Gioulakis, music from Michael Abels, edited by Nicholas Monsour, all good.





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