Jordan Peele's Us doesn't live up to Get Out, but it's still horror done damn well via nparts
Love of money is not the root of all evil. The root of all evil turns out to be a dilapidated funhouse on the beach at Santa Cruz, Calif. In 1986, it went by the name Vision Quest. These days, it’s called Merlin’s Forest. But the secondary sign that reads “Find Yourself” hasn’t changed. And Adelaide Wilson, played by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, does just that.
Regardless, the bulk of Us takes place in the present. Adult Adelaide is staying at a summer cottage not far from Santa Cruz, along with husband Gabe and kids Zora and Jason . She experiences a number of mildly creepy coincidences, culminating in a calm, chilly statement from her son: “There’s a family in our driveway.”
It’s also not quite the equal of Get Out, which dealt with America’s toxic relationship with race, and won an Oscar for its screenplay. Us — parallels to the short form for United States, and the notion of “us and them” are entirely deliberate — casts a wider net, suggesting a metaphorical rot under the floorboards in Peele’s homeland. Notice how the evil entity introduces herself: “We are Americans.
Only Adelaide’s opposite even seems capable of speech, and she sounds like talking and breathing at the same time is almost too much for her to handle. The others mostly grunt, howl and wield ferocious scissors, generally against their direct human counterparts, but in a pinch they’ll attack anyone who crosses them.
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