Get Out (2017)Movies

Redbone Jordan Peele’s directorial debut, Get Out, a horror-comedy take on the way black people are treated in modern America, succeeds as a hilarious thrill ride. But as a piece of social commentary, it falls short. Critics love it because of the subtle jabs at white liberal America’s hypocrisy about race. Moviegoers like it because Peele—half of the genius behind Comedy Central’s Key and Peele—can be simultaneously dark and hilarious in his writing. In addition, it’s a history maker: Get Out just cleared $100 million at the box office, making Peele the first black director to do so. The film’s plot is pretty simple. Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya), a black photographer, and his white girlfriend, Rose Armitage (Allison Williams), go on a weekend...