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Get Out

2017

GCML Total9.2440% Greatness · 40% Engagement · 20% Ease

Directed by Jordan Peele

CastDaniel Kaluuya · Allison Williams · Catherine Keener

USAEnglishMystery / Thriller104 minNot Rated
Sight & SoundNarrative FeatureBrisk pace
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Oscar · 1

Spoiler-free premise

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend.

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Photographer Chris Washington travels with girlfriend Rose Armitage to meet her parents at their secluded estate. Their elaborate friendliness, the behavior of the Black household staff, and an annual gathering of affluent guests deepen his unease.

Why it belongs

Under Jordan Peele, social observation and horror mechanics tighten around the same smiles, reassurances, glances, and silences until politeness itself becomes Get Out's most dangerous trap.

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Peele shapes liberal hospitality as continuous unease through repeated phrases, charged close-ups, comic interruptions, and the Sunken Place's stark visual metaphor, letting social observation and horror mechanics tighten around the same acts of looking and listening.

Major award record

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Academy Awards1 win2018 · official ceremony record ↗
Writing (Original Screenplay)2018 · Written by Jordan Peeleofficial ceremony record ↗

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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