Enlarge / Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide Wilson, whose family encounters their own evil doppelgängers in Jordan Peele’s new horror film, Us. (credit: Universal)
A family is terrorized by their own doppelgängers while vacationing in Santa Cruz in Jordan Peele’s new film, Us. With its spot-on writing and pacing and fantastic performances from its ensemble cast, the film should cement Peele’s status as a master of modern horror.
(Mildest of spoilers below, because anything more would spoil the fun.)
Us is the much-anticipated follow-up to Get Out, Peele’s surprise box office hit that earned more than $250 million and snagged Peele an Oscar for best original screenplay—the first time the award has gone to a black recipient. Get Out is a subtle exploration of racial tensions that quietly builds to reveal its horrifying premise and inevitably bloody conclusion. In Us, the theme isn’t so much racial tension—it’s exploring, in Peele’s words, the myriad ways in which “we are our own worst enemies.”
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