Get Out (2017)
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A young man uncovers shocking secrets when he visits the family of his white girlfriend.
The story
A young Black photographer, Chris Washington, travels to upstate New York for a weekend getaway to meet the family of his white girlfriend, Rose Armitage. Upon arrival, he encounters her parents, a neurosurgeon and a psychiatrist, and begins to notice unsettling behavior from the family's Black staff. During a hypnotherapy session intended to cure his smoking habit, Chris is plunged into a mysterious 'sunken place.' As a large party of guests arrives, Chris begins to notice inconsistencies and eerie occurrences, leading him to question the true nature of the Armitage family's intentions and the reality of his surroundings.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Chris Washington travels to upstate New York to meet his girlfriend Rose's family. While there, he is subjected to a hypnotherapy session by Rose's mother, Missy, which plunges his consciousness into the 'sunken place.' During a large party, Chris encounters a man named Logan who warns him to 'get out' before being restrained by the family. Chris eventually discovers that the Armitages are part of a secret society that transplants the consciousness of wealthy white people into the bodies of Black people. After Rose reveals her role as an accomplice, Chris is trapped in the basement. He eventually escapes, bludgeons several antagonists, and sets the house on fire. He manages to escape the property in a car, only to be confronted by Rose and a man named Walter. During a struggle, Chris uses his phone's flash to free Walter from his mental prison. Walter shoots Rose and himself, and Chris is eventually rescued by his friend Rod, leaving Rose to bleed out on the road.
- First release year
- 2017
- Runtime (minutes)
- 104
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Jordan Peele
- Writers
- Jordan Peele · writer
- Cast and characters
- Daniel Kaluuya · Chris Washington; Allison Williams · Rose Armitage; Bradley Whitford · Dean Armitage; Caleb Landry Jones · Jeremy Armitage; Stephen Root · Jim Hudson; Catherine Keener · Missy Armitage; LaKeith Stanfield · Andre Hayworth / Logan King; Lil Rel Howery · Rod Williams; Betty Gabriel · Georgina; Marcus Henderson · Walter
- Genres
- psychological horror; comedy; thriller
- Themes
- racism; post-racial America; colorblindness; neoliberalism; identity; body horror
- Tone and mood
- tense; unsettling; satirical; suspenseful
- Setting
- Upstate New York during a weekend getaway.
- Premise and plot tags
- social thriller; mystery; conspiracy; horror
- Source material / true-story basis
- Original screenplay
- Content notes
- violence
- Reception
- The film was a commercial success and received universal acclaim for its screenplay, direction, and performances. It was hailed as a cultural phenomenon and a modern American horror classic.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 98% · scale: percentage · review count: 403; Metacritic · score: 85 · scale: 100 · review count: 48; PostTrak · score: 84% · scale: percentage
- Awards and nominations
- Best Foreign International Film · British Independent Film Awards · Winner
- Production trivia
- The film was the highest-grossing debut film based on an original screenplay in Hollywood history.; The screenplay was named the greatest of the 21st century by the Writers Guild of America West in 2021.
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