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Nope (2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/4
Jordan Peele continues his streak of delivering ambitious, original blockbusters that refuse to treat audiences like idiots. After the razor sharp social horror of Get Out and the messy but mesmerising Us, Nope feels like his most confident swing yet. A spectacle-driven sci-fi horror Western that’s equal parts Spielberg wonder and Jaws-style dread. For many (myself included after seeing it), it stands shoulder to shoulder with Us as his strongest work.
The film’s greatest strength is how it trusts you. Peele avoids dumbed down exposition dumps, letting atmosphere, visuals, and implications do the heavy lifting. The middle act is genuinely spectacular, the barn sequence with the kids is terrifying, the tourist “suck-up” scene is pure visceral horror, and the chimp flashback is deeply disturbing in the best way. Those sequences don’t just deliver scares but they smartly flesh out the characters, especially the child actor’s arc and his fatal misunderstanding of the trauma that once saved him. He thought he could tame the creature. He was wrong. Creature design is excellent, the oddball supporting characters (that electronics store guy is perfect) keep things lively, and the blend of suspense and dark comedy lands consistently. It’s a fresh twist on the “what if the alien is just a hungry animal?” concept that feels both classic and modern.
Where it loses a bit of steam is the final act. The movie drifts into too many “they should be dead but somehow escape” moments, and the director’s “perfect shot” suicide feels forced rather than tragic. Once the entity shifts into its full daylight “origami” form, some of the primal terror evaporates. The ending is solid but a touch underwhelming after the highs that preceded it, and I still wish we’d seen more from the hand-cranked camera’s perspective.
Thematically, Nope is subtler than Get Out’s crystal-clear commentary and less neatly packaged than Us. It’s about spectacle, exploitation, the things we try to tame or commodify, and the hubris of thinking we can control the unknowable. It doesn’t hit with the same immediate “aha” punch, which is probably why some viewers feel it lacks that final spark of greatness.
Still, Nope is a standout theatrical experience, visually bold, frequently frightening, and refreshingly unafraid to be weird. Peele remains one of the few directors whose new movies feel like events. Flawed in the landing but unforgettable in flight. Highly recommend.
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