Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) have been dating for five months and it's time for Chris to meet the parents. He's a bit tentative about the weekend because he's black, she's white, and Rose hasn't told her parents. Chris' best friend Rod (LilRey Howery) advises him not to go to their secluded mansion in the woods, but Rose is able to convince him that it's going to be fine. Chris meets her parents Dean (Bradley Whitford) and Missy (Catherine Keener). Dean is a neurosurgeon and Missy is a psychologist skilled in the science of hypnotherapy. At first, they seem like an awkwardly cute, sweet couple trying too hard to be accommodating to their daughter's first black boyfriend, but things turn more than just awkward quickly.
The housemaid Georgina (Betty Gabriel) and the groundskeeper Walter (Marcus Henderson) are also black, but there is something off about them. They are blank, vacant, almost like the Stepford wives. Over the weekend, that turns into a large get together, Chris meets another black man who is a guest at the party. He introduces himself to Logan (Lakeith Stanfield) and finds out that Logan is just like Georgina and Walter: present, but not all there. Chris snaps a picture of Logan and the flash triggers something in him. He charges at Chris warning him to get out. Rod, who also works for the TSA, also warns him to get out when he finds out that black people have gone missing in that area. But it's not that simple as we find out that Chris was invited for the weekend, but was never meant to leave.
Get Out was written and directed by Jordan Peele of the comedy team Key and Peele. The preview looks completely creepy, a scary thriller with a bit of humor thrown in. However, it looks like it also might have quite a few of the cliched "gotcha" moments. Those are scenes where something is inherently unnerving or unsettling, mildly startling, but you are forced to react more severely because of a sharp music tone, a jarring sound effect, or a sudden camera movement. Personally, I don't care much for the forced jumps in scary movies. I'd rather just let the action or lack of action itself be what is scary on its own.
Peele has written for MadTV and Key and Peele and also co-wrote the movie Keanu, a movie about a lost cat that didn't really live up to the hype. Get Out is Peele's second feature film he's written and his directorial debut. It's definitely quite a different genre than Keanu, but I'm still keeping my expectations low going in to this one. I'm giving Get Out an anticipatory 2.5 Star Prediction. I think it will have it's moments, but overall, barely worth the money in the theatres. It might be more worth your time and money to wait for the Red Box on a Friday or Saturday evening when you have nothing better to do. So, am I right? We shall see.
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