Forget Moonlight; Jordan Peele’s Get Out is the only film anyone is actually talking about.
The horror film tells the gruesome tale of Chris Washington (played by the British-Ugandan actor Daniel Kaluuya), a black photographer in his mid-twenties who prepares to meet the parents of his girlfriend, Rose Armitage (Allison Williams… yes, the uptight one from Girls) for the first time. Meeting parents is scary enough. But they’re white too.
As he stays with her a few days, he starts to realise that things are not quite what they seem. It’s a horror film, come on. The parents, and their friends, seem cool enough at first but underneath it all they’ve got it in for him. Queue sudden scares, gut-wrenching suspense and some pretty close-to-the-bone jokes.
The film grossed US$30.5m in its opening weekend and for a brief period attained the elusive 100 per cent rating on review website Rotten Tomatoes. Actor, comedian and now writer, director and co-producer Jordan Peele has received some pretty amazing celeb endorsements for his debut feature.
Lupita Nyong’o (who didn’t bother going to the Oscars this year FYI) had some clear instructions:
Dear All People, R U N to the cinema and see @GetOutMovie! A horror film literally like no other. pic.twitter.com/eAjXRphQcL
— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) February 24, 2017
Chance the Rapper bought out an entire cinema for his screening:
I bought all the tickets to #GetOut at Chatham Theatre on 87th Just pull up with ID and enjoy the movie.
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) February 26, 2017
Precious star Gabby Sidibe wants to dissect the film:
Can everyone just go see @GetOutMovie so that we can discuss it as a family?
— Gabby Sidibe (@GabbySidibe) February 24, 2017
Q-Tip from a Tribe Called Quest was effusive with his characters:
https://twitter.com/qtiptheabstract/status/835996515986460672
Snoop Dogg also gave Get Out some love:
30 min. Abt to go live n talk about new @jordanpeele movie #GETOUT. Watch it. https://t.co/7bKJEHd0cr @GetOutMovie pic.twitter.com/6k3WXXn4UX
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) February 21, 2017
Get Out came out in the USA on February 24.