Get Out

Dir: Jordan Peele 1hr 44mins (15)

The most important film of the year so far?

This “brilliantly mischievous” new horror film is “so good, I barely know where to begin”, said Nigel Andrews in the Financial Times. The drama unfolds in present-day American suburbia, where a young black photographer (British actor Daniel Kaluuya) has been invited by his beautiful white girlfriend (Allison Williams) to meet her parents (Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener). They’re supposedly liberal-minded, but there’s something sinister in their overly eager welcome, not to mention the mute servility of their black gardener and cook. What follows is a hair-raising satire that conjures memories of The Stepford Wives. Comedian Jordan Peele’s debut feature will have white audiences squirming and black audiences nodding in recognition, said Kate Muir in The Times. In the States, both demographics have clearly enjoyed the experience: the film has already grossed more than $110m on its $4m budget. If I describe Get Out as “the most important movie of the year so far”, that probably makes it sound off-puttingly worthy, said Olly Richards in Empire. And indeed, it does have something to say, but make no mistake – the film is a “total blast”.