Some mild spoilers ahead.
Wow, looking at the review rating, I got to say that this is one polarizing movie. So many 1-star ratings and accusations of racism (not entirely unfounded, mind you) and not one of the negative reviewers paid attention to how well was this movie crafted and with what attention to details. It is so rare to see a movie that didn't skip to explain something important or that left number of unnecessary scenes that really should have been cut.
For instance, Chris wakes up tied to a chair and he tries to untie restrains on his hand using his teeth. At first I was thinking "Ok, this is not a necessary scene", but it turns out it was there to show that Chris can reach his hands with his head, which is important afterwards. Clever, real clever. Though I couldn't deduce everything, for instance, what's the deer symbolism present in this movie? Maybe it makes sense to an American. Few gaffs as well, for instance when Chris tells Rose he wants to leave it's evening, when they enter the house it's already night. And also the big one, why black people? Explanation is because of their superior genetics and I understand what Jordan Peele wanted to say when he went with that, but for the sake of suspension of disbelief (and not to be called racist) maybe he should have went with because they endure the procedure better or whatever.
Movie is really an 8, but I will give it a 9 because it's directing debut and hopefully to anger the people who rated it poorly. It's a movie I would recommend watching if a girl invites you to meet her parents. :D
Wow, looking at the review rating, I got to say that this is one polarizing movie. So many 1-star ratings and accusations of racism (not entirely unfounded, mind you) and not one of the negative reviewers paid attention to how well was this movie crafted and with what attention to details. It is so rare to see a movie that didn't skip to explain something important or that left number of unnecessary scenes that really should have been cut.
For instance, Chris wakes up tied to a chair and he tries to untie restrains on his hand using his teeth. At first I was thinking "Ok, this is not a necessary scene", but it turns out it was there to show that Chris can reach his hands with his head, which is important afterwards. Clever, real clever. Though I couldn't deduce everything, for instance, what's the deer symbolism present in this movie? Maybe it makes sense to an American. Few gaffs as well, for instance when Chris tells Rose he wants to leave it's evening, when they enter the house it's already night. And also the big one, why black people? Explanation is because of their superior genetics and I understand what Jordan Peele wanted to say when he went with that, but for the sake of suspension of disbelief (and not to be called racist) maybe he should have went with because they endure the procedure better or whatever.
Movie is really an 8, but I will give it a 9 because it's directing debut and hopefully to anger the people who rated it poorly. It's a movie I would recommend watching if a girl invites you to meet her parents. :D