Get Out is a movie that works extremely well on two important levels. First, there is the obvious social and racial critique at play, delivered in a manner that is often direct and unflinching but smartly letting the viewers do the work in a way that is engaging and thought-provoking (just like producer Blumhouse's The Purge series). Secondly, if you are a horror fan, Get Out is enormous fun - it is sharp (an early Exorcist III-style jump-scare got the audience going quite early on!), playful and very well plotted, to the extent that you have vague ideas of where it all might be leading, and then it enables a wonderful scramble to piece together all the plot elements by the viewer once the true reveal starts in the final act before all is laid out. This is a tight and lean story - after the initial set-up, it is surprising to consider that most of the film takes place in one main location - and there are enough ideas and plot points to sustain its long runtime well. The film works largely thanks to a terrifically engaging and well-paced lead performance by Daniel Kaluuya, who provides such an amiable protagonist that he is easy to root for, and look out for some scene-stealing light relief by LilRel Howery as his best mate. By the time you get to the end, you want to see it again to look for some of those late plot reveals that you just know were signposted earlier on. But no sequel, please - this just works so well as a one-off.
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