This review is going to be quite different from what I
usually write on here. As much as I try and refrain from tooting my own horn, I
often pride myself on being able to dissect a film in real time as I’m watching
it, turning these reviews into a glimpse at how I see a given film and its
ideas. However, that only works for the films that make an immediate impact,
the ones where what is being communicated is good, clear and foreshadowed early
so I can latch onto it. Us is not that kind of movie.
Not to say that its own communication isn’t good, clear and
foreshadowed; just that, as I’m writing this, I’m still trying to figure out what the actual ideas being presented
are and what they amount to. So, as I get into this movie, know that I’m
basically showing my working in an attempt to make heads or tails of this whole
thing, so if this comes across as confused rambling, that’s only because it is.
