Get Out is a horror-thriller directed by Jordan Peele that tackles timely issues related to race in a very thoughtful way. In many ways it's an essential movie of its moment, but it's still got plenty of mature material, making it best for older teens and up. Violence isn't constant but is really brutal when it happens, with fighting, bashing with blunt objects, kicking, stabbing, guns, shooting, and lots of blood. There's also a gory surgery scene and a deer that's hit by a car and shown injured and bleeding. Language is strong, with many uses of "f--k," "motherf----r," "s--t," and the "N" word, as well as some very vivid sex talk. There's also kissing, and characters drink in social situations; minor characters are shown drunk, and a story is told about teen drinking. A major character is trying to quit smoking, though he's never seen in the act.
The film is directed and written by Jordan Peele, in his directorial debut of a feature film.
WHAT'S THE STORY? talented black photographer Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) has been dating the pretty white Rose (Allison Williams) for five months and is now getting ready to go home and meet her parents. Rose's doctor father, Dean (Bradley Whitford), and hypnotherapist mother, Missy (Catherine Keener), try to make Chris feel welcome. But when Missy forcibly hypnotizes Chris to break his smoking habit, he starts feeling like strange things are happening. The family's black servants (Betty Gabriel and Marcus Henderson) act very oddly, and the arrival of an unexpected party full of privileged white people including noted gallery owner Jim Hudson (Stephen Root) results in some unsettling encounters. Is everything happening in Chris' mind, or is something diabolical about to happen?
MOVIE INFO Rating: R (for violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references) Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Suspense Directed By: Jordan Peele Written By: Jordan Peele In Theaters: Feb 24, 2017 Runtime: 104 minutes Music by: Michael Abels Studio: Universal Pictures Cast: Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Daniel Kaluuya Bradley Whitford Caleb Landry Jones Marcus Henderson