Film: "Us"
Jordan Peele (“Get Out”) again raises the bar with his socially provocative horror film, starring Lupita Nyong’o in a breathtaking dual performance.
After setting a new standard for provocative, socially conscious horror films with his directorial debut Get Out, Academy Award-winner Jordan Peele proves himself to be the Alfred Hitchcock of our current moment with this nightmarish reflection on the American class divide.
Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her NoCal beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Winston Duke, Black Panther), and their two children for an idyllic summer getaway. Haunted by a past trauma, Adelaide grows increasingly concerned that something bad is going to happen. Darkness falls and her worst fears are realized when four figures appear in the driveway. With humor cutting through the horror and symbolism to boot, Us pits an endearing American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.
