93
Get Out review
A Black photographer visits his white girlfriend's family estate and slowly realises something is very wrong. Peele's debut is a perfectly engineered …
★★★★½ 4.8/5
Jordan Peele
Peele came to filmmaking from a decade in sketch comedy and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his first feature. His work is built on the fusion of genre mechanics with social critique, and he has been the most significant influence on American horror since Get Out, both as a director and as a producer.
Signature and approach
- Genre mechanics fused with social critique
- Dread built from recognisable social discomfort
- Images designed to enter the culture directly
- Ensembles drawn from comedy and drama alike
- 1Films reviewed
- 93.0Average score
- 1979Born
- AmericanNationality
Films by Jordan Peele in our collection
Ordered by release date. Every entry links to the full review.
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Filmography reviewed
Year, genre, runtime and score for each film.
| Film | Year | Genre | Runtime | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Out | 2017 | Horror | 104 min | 93 |
Reading Jordan Peele in context
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