Get Out

Who knew that Jordan Peele could write and direct a horror-thriller that brilliantly skewers race relations in modern America?  Well I am here to tell you that he can AND he did!  Get Out is highly entertaining and heart-pounding from beginning to end.  Daniel Kaluuya plays Chris, a sensitive black man who  agrees to accompany his white girlfriend to her family’s estate for the weekend.  Chris  find some creepy goings on as the parents (Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener) and perhaps even his girlfriend, may have sinister intentions.  Peele’s script is top-notch and infused with wit and unexpected but welcome humor.  Chris’s best friend played by Lil Rey Howery is a delight as the TSA agent who doesn’t give up on his friend.  If Alfred Hitchcock were alive today, this is the kind of movie he might have made.  Well done Mr. Peele!