"Us" (2019) ★★★★

★★★★

Going to sound like a broken record here, I’m sure BUT...

This isn’t Get Out but it’s very good. I’m coming out of a screening on opening night with about 45 minutes of processing time. It’s fairly messy and not all the threads get tied in a neat little bow. If Get Out surgically implanted its main idea into your brain, Us whispers it’s many ideas from many different angles in which only a few manage to make it into your ear holes. I think I’m onboard with some of the overarching themes here but I think this movie is at its best when the viewer is able to apply his own meaning onto it.

It’d be criminal not to mention the absolutely incredible performance by Lupita Nyong’o (too early to talk Oscars 2020?)

- Reviewed by Max Minardi. Full review on Fresh Hop Cinema Episode 117.