Us (2019)
Directed by: Jordan Peele
Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex
Rated: R for Violence/Terror, and Language
Running Time: 1 h 56 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Message
WEAKNESSES: -
A family on vacation is terrorized by a group of doppelgangers.
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Get Out (2017)
DIRECTED BY: JORDAN PEELE
STARRING: DANIEL KALUUYA, ALLISON WILLIAMS, BRADLEY WHITFORD, CATHERINE KEENER, CALEB LANDRY JONES
RATING: R FOR VIOLENCE, BLOODY IMAGES, AND LANGUAGE INCLUDING SOME SEXUAL REFERENCES
RUNNING TIME: 1 HOUR 44 MIN
TMM: 4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS
STRENGTHS: TIMELINESS, WRITING, ACTING, UNCONVENTIONALITY, MESSAGE
WEAKNESSES: LACK OF SCARES FOR GENRE-HARDENED FANS
An African American man goes to a bourgeoisie neighborhood with his caucasian girlfriend to meet her parents. By all appearances the family is amiable, but under all the faux civility, the pleasant suburbia holds a dark secret.
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