{"id":1306352,"date":"2019-03-21T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/the-movie-guru-lupita-nyongo-and-winston-duke-excellent-in-jordan-peeles-us\/"},"modified":"2019-03-21T09:38:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:38:00","slug":"the-movie-guru-lupita-nyongo-and-winston-duke-excellent-in-jordan-peeles-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/the-movie-guru-lupita-nyongo-and-winston-duke-excellent-in-jordan-peeles-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Movie Guru: Lupita Nyong\u2019o and Winston Duke excellent in Jordan Peele\u2019s \u201cUs\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
“Us” stars Lupita Nyong’o and was written and directed by Jordan Peele, who won an Oscar for writing his last film, “Get Out.”<\/strong>
Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cUs\u201d isn\u2019t exactly a horror movie.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, it looks like one. There are a lot of horror elements to it, including a chilling home invasion sequence and a pretty high death count. There\u2019s quite a bit more that might qualify, depending on your particular phobias, but that\u2019s also where the genre gets complicated.<\/p>\n

Because, somehow, \u201cUs\u201d doesn\u2019t really feel like a horror movie. Director Jordan Peele clearly decided he wanted to play with elements of both \u201cHalloween\u201d-style horror and zombie films, but he wasn\u2019t content with just a mash-up. He uses those elements in such a new way, mixing them with plenty of his trademark comedy, that the result almost seems to transcend genre. While that makes the movie seem more like an experiment than a story at times, it\u2019s definitely interesting to watch.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t tell you too much about the movie because it\u2019s rich in spoilers, but there are a few facts revealed in the trailers. The main characters are an average family, led by Lupita Nyong\u2019o and Winston Duke, heading to their beach house for the summer. Everything seems fine until a mysterious family shows up in their driveway one night. This family looks exactly like them, and they have nothing but trouble on their minds.<\/p>\n

After Peele\u2019s \u201cGet Out,\u201d it\u2019s natural to try and find a deeper message in his latest work. The plot is complicated enough to offer several different possibilities, but don\u2019t let yourself get too caught up in picking one while you\u2019re watching the movie. This time, deeper meaning doesn\u2019t seem to be Peele\u2019s main goal.<\/p>\n

Despite the body count, the movie almost seems to be more playful than anything else. He\u2019ll indulge himself by making the tensest scene he possibly can, then cap it off with a genuinely hilarious moment. He\u2019ll take familiar horror cliches and use them in an entirely different way than the audience is expecting. He\u2019ll incorporate elements from other genres, working them into said horror cliches as if they all belonged together.<\/p>\n

The acting is fantastic, especially from Nyong\u2019o. She plays what is essentially two different people, one of which requires a range we\u2019ve never seen from her before. If she wants a future in horror movies, she should have one.<\/p>\n

The results are interesting to watch, but taken all together it can leave the movie feeling overstuffed. The audience is almost overwhelmed by everything that\u2019s happening, from the plot to the genre flips. The real test of this movie might be the second time you watch it, because you\u2019ll have had the chance to process everything that\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n

One area that might not hold up so well is the ending. It adds a fascinating layer of depth to the movie, but it works best in the moment. Think about it too hard, and it raises more questions than it does answers. It\u2019s a risky move, especially in a movie that skims over its own explanations as much as this one does.<\/p>\n

In the end, though, maybe it\u2019s not that much riskier than the movie itself.<\/p>\n

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