By Connor Kropschot
Staff Writer
Contrary to its name, “Get Out” does not make viewers want to leave theaters with its perfect balance of comedy, fights, and suspense.
Critically acclaimed horror movie “Get Out” leaves audiences stunned in fear, while also rendering a comedic tone creating an overall exciting experience.
“Get Out” was directed by Jordan Peele as a first film project, as Peele is best known for his acting and comedic show “Key and Peele” on Comedy Central. The budget for the movie was 4.5 million dollars and in the first 3 days in box office it made over 30 million dollars.
Buy tickets to view “Get Out” at Arclight Cinemas here.
The movie follows a young African-American photographer named Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), who anxiously visits the suburban family home of his Caucasian girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams).A social commentary is also nuanced throughout the film about what Africans Americans face daily.
“Get Out” manages to have the perfect amount of suspense with never ending eeriness. The movie is constantly finding ways to add frights, with subtle things such as long fearful eye contacts. One example is when Chris reaches for a fist bump with a member of the all-black servant crew at his girlfriend’s family’s house, that turns into an awkward handshake then a look into the possessed man while he cries, screaming “get out”.
The film continues with strategic horror, but finds ways to add laughs with the well-developed characters. Even after the viewer thinks it’s all over the movie manages to end on a comedic ending leaving the viewer in a smile or laugh.
“Get Out” contains perfect cinematography followed by multiple angles never failing to provide effective and frightening scares. This can be seen in the opening of the film when an African American is jogging around a suburban area when a car pulls up and kidnaps him.
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Not only does the cinematography perfectly time every fright, but the soundtrack seamlessly but suspensefully adds to every unnerving and dramatic moment string instruments rise louder and louder putting tension in moments building the scariest scenes.
Read Metacritic’s thorough review of “Get Out” here.
“Get Out” is filled with the scariest frights, unreliably funny moments, and the perfect cinematography and soundtrack, making this film have ability to cause laughter in one minute and screams the next.ter in one minute and screams the next.
“Get Out” released February 24 is rated R and is playing in major movie theaters nationwide.
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