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Daniel Kaluuya | ... | ||
Allison Williams | ... | ||
Catherine Keener | ... | ||
Bradley Whitford | ... | ||
Caleb Landry Jones | ... |
Jeremy Armitage
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Marcus Henderson | ... |
Walter
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Betty Gabriel | ... |
Georgina
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Lakeith Stanfield | ... |
Andrew Logan King
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Stephen Root | ... |
Jim Hudson
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LilRel Howery | ... |
Rod Williams
(as Lil Rel Howery)
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Ashley LeConte Campbell | ... |
Lisa Deets
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John Wilmot | ... |
Gordon Greene
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Caren L. Larkey | ... |
Emily Greene
(as Caren Larkey)
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Julie Ann Doan | ... |
April Dray
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Rutherford Cravens | ... |
Parker Dray
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A young African American man visits his European American girlfriend's family estate where he learns that many of its residents, who are black, have gone missing, and he soon learns the horrible truth when another frantic African-American warns him to "get out". He soon learns this is easier said than done.
This is not a film for White People. I say this because I sat in a theatre with a diverse group of people and noticed the white people in the audience seemed offended by the film. Even though I am black, I believe this film was very well done. The casting director did an amazing job with the cast, all the actors were very believable in their roles. This is truly a unique cinematic experience, I've spent a great deal of time watching films from different parts of the world and its rare for me to say that I've never seen a film like this before. This is one of those films that makes white people look bad, but to be fair it does a great job in capturing the experience of a black man surrounded by "too many white people". For instance, I've almost always been the only black person at my job, and I've had my boss ask me about certain rappers simply for the fact that I'm black. During the summer olympics, my boss literally asked me what it was like to see black people win gold medals for America. My boss is not a racist, but often makes ignorant comments just like this film depicts.
Kudos to Jordan Peele!!! I hope to see more from him.