The Perfection (2018)
Directed by: Richard Shepard
Starring: Allison Williams, Logan Browning, Steven Webber
Rated: TV-MA
Running Time: 1 h 30 m
TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Themes
WEAKNESSES: Acting, Execution
A musical prodigy seeks out the star pupil of her former school, and the encounter sends both musicians down a dark path.
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Get Out (2017)
DIRECTED BY: JORDAN PEELE
STARRING: DANIEL KALUUYA, ALLISON WILLIAMS, BRADLEY WHITFORD, CATHERINE KEENER, CALEB LANDRY JONES
RATING: R FOR VIOLENCE, BLOODY IMAGES, AND LANGUAGE INCLUDING SOME SEXUAL REFERENCES
RUNNING TIME: 1 HOUR 44 MIN
TMM: 4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS
STRENGTHS: TIMELINESS, WRITING, ACTING, UNCONVENTIONALITY, MESSAGE
WEAKNESSES: LACK OF SCARES FOR GENRE-HARDENED FANS
An African American man goes to a bourgeoisie neighborhood with his caucasian girlfriend to meet her parents. By all appearances the family is amiable, but under all the faux civility, the pleasant suburbia holds a dark secret.
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