Get Out

Get Out (2017)

Just because you're invited, doesn't mean you're welcome.

Release:2017
Runtime:1h 44m
Country:United States
Director:Jordan Peele
Language:English

Genre

HorrorMysteryThriller
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Keywords

KidnappingExternally Controlled ActionManipulationDark ComedyHypnosisParents In LawSatireRacist

Get Out rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.8/10· 814K votes
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic85%
TMDb7.622/10· 19K votes

With 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 85/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Get Out

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Cast of Get Out

  • Daniel Kaluuya

    Daniel Kaluuya

    as Chris Washington

  • Allison Williams

    Allison Williams

    as Rose Armitage

  • Catherine Keener

    Catherine Keener

    as Missy Armitage

  • Bradley Whitford

    Bradley Whitford

    as Dean Armitage

  • Caleb Landry Jones

    Caleb Landry Jones

    as Jeremy Armitage

  • Marcus Henderson

    Marcus Henderson

    as Walter

  • Betty Gabriel

    Betty Gabriel

    as Georgina

  • LaKeith Stanfield

    LaKeith Stanfield

    as Andre Logan King

  • Stephen Root

    Stephen Root

    as Jim Hudson

  • Lil Rel Howery

    Lil Rel Howery

    as Rod Williams

  • Ashley LeConte Campbell

    Ashley LeConte Campbell

    as Lisa Deets

  • John Wilmot

    John Wilmot

    as Gordon Greene

Get Out facts

Budget
$4.5M
Box office
$255.4M

Our take on Get Out

Jordan Peele's 2017 debut turns a weekend meeting the parents into slow-burning dread. Chris visits his girlfriend Rose's family and reads their strained politeness as awkwardness around an interracial relationship, until small unsettling details accumulate into something far darker. Working across horror, mystery and thriller, Peele builds tension through observation rather than shock, letting discomfort curdle scene by scene. It rewards viewers who enjoy social satire braided into genre filmmaking, and anyone drawn to horror that means something beneath its scares. If you like your unease deliberate, layered and pointed rather than gory, this is a sharp, controlled introduction to a distinctive voice.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Anxious atmosphere permeates every frame with mounting dread
  • Dark comedy balances horror elements with pointed social critique
  • Mystery plot twists deliver shocking awe-struck betrayal moments

What the audience disliked

  • Authoritarian subtext may overshadow entertainment value for some
  • Brain surgery premise stretches credibility despite genre conventions

Trailer

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