Should we see No, the new Jordan Peele movie?

As American reporters raged on Twitter to find out if Jordan Peele had buried the careers of John Carpenter, Alfred Hitcock, or Steven Spielberg, we poor mortals were bound to wait until August 10.

The film was released in theaters, and now we can say it loud and clear: films like Boo, there are not two. here is ours review without too many spoilersto finish convincing you to go there.

NO, funny and awesome UFO

In Boowe follow a brother (Daniel Kaluuya) and his sister (Keke Palmer), owners of a ranch around which supernatural events. As strange as it may sound, the characters will then develop a obsession for the fact to acquire evidence that these facts are very real.

What this summary doesn’t say is that Boo is an unparalleled visual and sound experience. Sound is like that immersive that even an audio-only version of the film would make us want. On the side of the image, the camera swings between the menacing immensity of the clouds and that to these arid plains, as if heaven and earth collide in this western where the enemy comes from above. Most of the shots are extremely wide and the show on the screen of a film is nothing but more breathtaking.

The alliance between the suspense of the plot, outstanding game of the actors and the beauty of the image makes Boo entertainment that keeps you going until the last minute. Jordan Peele himself says it in the columns of variety :

“We tried a great summer success that you can enjoy whenever you want. If you want to go there and smoke a big joint while talking about it with a friend social issues, you can. If you want Relax, walk away and see Keke Palmer in the middle of a UFO, then that’s what we have for you. “

And again, many hidden meanings

How go out And We, Boo reminds us how gifted Jordan Peele is ability to surprise is one strength of proposal rare. The director is true to himself in his ability to engage a reflection from entertainment.

At the heart of the film is a strange paradox: the characters they flee the threat as much as they provoke it, and even go so far as to pursue it. Desire for fame, wealth or desire to make history, they want appropriate the creature in capture his image risking his life. It is for them to try to tame and exploit the monstrous, to risk to unleash its violence…

However, these elements are only interpretative traces in a work that abounds mysteries And from details that open up new perspectives. We invite you to be particularly attentive to the object coming from the sky, its shapes, its reactions … Boo is it an ecological fairy tale? A Hollywood metaphor? On the Internet, interpretations flourish and continue to open our eyes to the film long after seeing it.

Jordan Peele is only in his third feature film, which hasn’t stopped him from tackling a great piece. Boo it’s really kind of modern western with a flying saucer…it’s a movie who talks about cinema. Just that.

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