Us is a crowd pleaser. The movie is filled with fun cat and mouse games, an entertaining use of familiar talent in unfamiliar roles, and genuinely stylish directing. Lupita Nyong’o does a fantastic job as the lead, while Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker round out the cast with solid performances that mix comedy and dramatic pressure together perfectly.
It’s fun, the premise is unique without straying too far from its chosen genre, there is a nice balance between humor and horror, and an interesting layer of subtle allegory. Similar to Get Out, a viewer could potentially read into the subtext of the premise and extract themes about racial identity tensions in America. If you want to go down that mental rabbit hole, start by reading this speech (link) and then watch (or re-watch) the movie.