i LOVE the clues. red being the only one of the clones who could talk because she was the only real human being with intelligence there. her voice being choppy and restrained because she got strangled as a kid. dahlia’s clone wanting to cut her face because the original dahlia had plastic surgery. there’s just so many hints littered throughout and i appreciate that

The point is showing two different economic classes, which is why it doesn't really matter if she was overground or underground. It's the upbringing and the resources that make the true difference. When she says "we're Americans" its kind of pointing out how they're really the same as everyone else.

In Get Out, it was two souls in one body. In Us, it's one soul in two bodies.

I adored the messages about socioeconomic status in this movie. A lot of people idolize how beautiful and put together a lot of celebrities are, but that’s because they can afford perfect skin care, diets, healthcare, vacations, breaks from work, therapy, childcare, education, good/safe housing, nice clothes, etc. The only real difference is the resources they have access to vs. ordinary people who will lose everything if they miss a week of work.

The movie is about "US vs THEM"... It's about class. The privileged and the underprivileged fighting against each other, even though they are the same. The "Hands across America" thing was about bringing people together, from all walks of life... In 1986 that was a big thing, which is what Lupita Niongo's character remembers the most as a kid. The movie starts off with the promo.

When I was a kid, I did exactly what the little girl did and got lost on a boardwalk. My mother said it was the most terrifying experience she has ever experienced.

The message is: some people are treated like subhumans - poor, homeless, disabled, ethnic or sexual minorities, addicts, etc. But the only thing that separates them from the society or makes them "evil" sometimes, is their upbringing. That's why "real" woman acted as her shadow, and her shadow acted as her "real self". Take someone from the low life to a "normal" life and they will became "normal".This movie is a social commentary. The horror and comedy and thriller elements are here just as vehicles for the story.

She was wearing a thriller shirt. And when she grew up she wore one glove and a red outfit. Much like Michael Jackson from the thriller.

This movie is fucking chilling. Just the catatonic way they stare and their creepy smiles 😱😱 the first time I saw this I was so freaked out haha

5:25 asking “what’s happening” while covering your eyes 🤣

I really liked this one, probably more than "Get out". Peele mastered the "something is off"-feeling. Something only a few movies were able to capture, and are a great source for horror since it plays into your own subconscious and causes your own mind to cause you dread. I haven't seen the Mrs. trying to avoid looking at the screen this much for a long time. While the explanation/finale of "Get out" was probably better, the first half of this movie is what made me enjoy this one more.

The horror of the movie is that the protagonist, who is actually an underground person who came above ground and assimilated did so at the expense of her other half, so to speak, and having made a good life for herself put down the demonstration of the underground people in order to maintain the status quo. I think this allegory works even without a directly economic interpretation. Anyone clawing their way up the social ladder or assimilating into an in-group might deny that very same thing to others to retain their own advantages and maintain the status quo.

her "Is this like *BIG?"* him "Yeah, it's just like *BIG."* 😄

I think one of the biggest differences between this film and "Get Out" is that "Get Out" works equally well as a metaphor/fable AND as a conventional narrative story, while "Us" just works best as a metaphor/fable. As such, the more detailed plot mechanics in this film don't really hold up to full logic or scrutiny, and leave some pretty major plot holes and dreamlike/nonsensical elements in play. To be clear, that doesn't make it a BAD film: just more of an art-house style film that required more "dream logic" and isn't meant to be taken completely literally.

I think the biggest issue here is your strong concept of a soul. That’s just the word Red used to describe what she could only guess on. All we know is that they were tethered to each other somehow. There was a connection between them that existed

to the mrs. the point of the story is 1.) the clone of the little girl was raised in darkness and hate then when she took over for the real little girl and was shown love she turned normal . lets put it this way let's say you have twins and you raised 1 with love and then the other 1 was taken from you and raised with hate and then the got switched

There are a whole lot of fellow Americans who live lives of brutal desperation, but we’d rather try to forget about them than do what it takes to remedy this situation. Hands Across America raised very little cash for homeless people, was little more than what we might call a “virtue signal” today, and was intended as such. Here’s a bit from a Collider piece about the movie: “We are shaped by the privilege of our surroundings, ones we don’t get to choose. That’s not to say that choices don’t matter, but we should look at the luxury of who gets to have those choices in the first place. In order to have a normal existence, Red had to break the rules and steal Adelaide’s life. It may be easy to chalk that up to who does and doesn’t have a soul, but it would be wiser to see who is given an opportunity and who has to take it.”

Mrs, rememeber that hands across america was one of the last commercials the real girl saw before she was abducted and switched with her duplicate. Like at the end when the son figures it out when his mom makes animal grunting sounds when killing the original. That's why she couldn't speak when she was first discovered by her parents and had to learn everything over. Rememeber the duplicate choked her and hurt her vocal cords which is why Red talked like that. The answers are all at the beginning of the movie.

Lupita is unbelievably beautiful and gives an amazing performance, Winston is incredible in this!!! From Black Panther warrior to this guy!?!?!? AMAZING!!!!

23:33 Tim Heidecker "eh, it could be a squirrel, maybe the pizza guy" 😂

i love this film, it's definitely one of those films you have to see twice. Jordan peele is a mastermind, his films are messages of if you believe this stuff is really happening or not. Many many clues and hints in this as well the second go around when you're watching. The rabbits were the clones i believe as well then government made the clones but couldn't have a soul of their own so the government left the clones to die in the tunnels and they just ate the rats. Red and Adelaide, were obviously switched and those clues are throughout the movie the real Red was scared to go back to santa cruz everything she was eating or touching was Red and the other colors were blue to kind of give you the hints. In the car when she's telling jason to snap his fingers to the rhythm of the beat they were both off tempo that's why zora looked at them weird. Red on the beach saying she has trouble communicating with others was the other clue. obviously the hands across america and the red suits are the last things Adelaide seen before she was switched. The michael jackson thriller jacket was the inspiration for their outfits, the scissors to cut the tethers (kill themselves) etc. The other twist of the movie was jason was also like Red, there's a theory red went back down at some point to steal her real jason and switched them and that's why jason was able to walk backwards with his tether and set him on fire. The film is great though once you can understand what jordan peele was trying to tell.

This was a glorious reaction omg your constant discomfort was relatable and hilarious

I absolutely loved Elisabeth Moss in this movie

The Mrs' reaction to this is priceless! Im more scared re-watching this with the Mrs' anxiety than I was when I watched the movie for the first time!

It’s funny how she gets frustrated when she can’t figure out a film’s plot or twist before it happens. It was funny stuff lol

I know this was intended to be a horror but I found it hard for rewatch. Not so much because of the scares but I found it incredibly sad lol. I really felt for Adelaide and Red, at the end. Even if Reds call to violence was extreme, her anger was completely understandable. She was right. "Adelaide" did not have to usurp her place. Instead, she could have made herself apparent and joined Red with a seat at the table. But "Adelaide" lived the first part of her life in abject suffering, it's completely understandable why she'd step on Red just to find some way out.

First of all, this movie really isn't hard to understand. It's important to not overthink it for one thing but I'll explain. The young girl from the beginning, Adelaide is the original and the girl that she saw in the mirror maze was her doppelganger. You really needed to pay attention to the story that the mother in the red outfit was telling when she first showed up because that's really important to the entire movie. She's explaining how her own life was stolen by the copy of herself and she had to go through a really painful version of that life while she was underground after being switched with her copy. That scene where they show in more detail what happened in the mirror maze is very important as well because it explains that the woman we think was the original the whole time is actually the copy because she took the real Adelaide and trapped her underground in order to take over her life, so years later, the woman in red, who is called "Red" and is in fact the REAL Adelaide, comes back to try and reclaim the life that was stolen from her by her copy. It's not that the copies don't have souls at all, more like half a soul because the original people have the other half of that soul. The copy of Adelaide was trying to stop her from being successful at reclaiming her life because obviously the doppelganger is evil and her goal was to completely take over and she felt she couldn't do that with Adelaide still alive, so she killed her and took her place. Personally, I enjoy this movie much more than Get Out. I'm not really a fan of Jordan Peele's movies, so far this is the only one I actually like. I don't see this as a bad movie. A movie being hard for some people to understand doesn't make it a bad movie. Although, everyone is entitled to their opinion, I don't think it's fair to say a movie is bad because it wasn't understandable to you. That's just how I feel personally though. I'm glad you guys got around to watching this one. I can't wait to watch Nope. :)

I understood this movie as nature Vs. nurture. I read a few different theories and I feel in the narrative sense they all make sense so I feel it’s kinda up for your interpretation.

Peele's movies are very much up for interpretation but the idea of this movie was that the Tethered were designed to be able to control those above, but the experiment failed. It didn't work, so they were abandoned and they were actually just mimicking the real people above since they were faulty. But Red was different because she wasn't really one of them and was able to teach and train them to get revenge and attack those above. If they kill the one they are tethered to, they are free to just live their own lives. Pluto was the best example because he obviously didn't learn how do stop mimicking as well because he was still doing everything his counterpart did.

I tried to watch this last night but I had to wait till morning🤣 this movie is truly terrifying

45:29 "Jordan Peele always has a narrative behind the story." Is that really a rule you can set based off of the ONE previous movie that he's made?

She gets so mad when she can’t predict the ending or figure the plot ahead of time lol. Great movie! Jordan Peele is the man!

jordan peele is a fucking genius

Her reaction was my reaction the first time I saw this as well. A second viewing connected soo many dots...

After watching your conversation, I agree they all 'have souls'. Perhaps it's a commentary on how access to resources can have dramatic, lifelong, and generational impact on opportunities and success?

2:10- did anyone else catch the VHS tape C.H.U.D.? Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers

Hadn’t had a nightmare from a horror film in a long ass time until I saw this one. Just couldn’t stop thinking about it, i suppose..

First, the Get Out plot twist. Then, the Us plot twist. Finally, the Nope plot twist. Jordan Peele KNOWS how to make a cinematic plot twist. Take that, Shyamalan.

And out of left field... "Little big man", a great 1970 Dustin Hoffman movie that's full of laughs and tears. It's a Western but with a different perspective

I love this movie and saw it in the theaters. It was scary for sure and an interesting concept as well. The twins in this movie are the actresess of Emma Rachel and Ross's daughters in the show Friends which is interesting. It's trying to talk about the high sociaty vs lower sociaty and how the higher gets everything they want vs the lower having to deal with what they have and the hardships that come with it.

Gotta love Jordan peele man!

A cool detail about the title, is that it has two possible meanings, "us" which can be used by the family, or surfacers, or the shadowpeople, and it says somethi g about how we divide ourselves in groups, to the detriment of all. The second meaning is "U.S.", so, an analysis about the country itself, and about "americans".

I've been waiting for this one!!!! Cant wait to see nope. Love you guys.

I always thought this was about American capitalism & social structure. In the real world for every family living like the "above ground people" there is a family (multitudes really) living/working in squaller to make the "above ground people's" lives possible. So All the while the "above ground people" simply refuse to even acknowledge this dynamic exists. But the only true difference between these families is where they were born. The movie makes this connection literal/direct. By having the worker/slaves be clones of "above ground people" and PROVING there is no difference by having them switch as children. The underground girl escaping and assimilating into the aboveground and preceding to not care what happens to the undergrown people, cuz she got out and that's all that matters to her is also a social critique. Our System (the US) turns us all into selfish animals above and below.

Funny thing about this movie is that a year before this even came out, before the trailer, my town had a cartoony tourism billboard with a beach-bound family that looked exactly like the one in this movie. The mother wore a hat that was the same color. The girl was looking at her phone. The boy had a beach sand toys. The father had the beard and glasses.

33:34 that dad joke went over my head lmao

Regarding Elizabeth Moss. The Invisible Man is worth a watch

For another twist on the whole doppelgänger experience .. I’d recommend, a film called “The One I Love” released in 2014. The movie stars Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, and Ted Danson .. it’s more of a romantic thriller/comedy and last I knew was available on HBOMAX in the US. Also of course, as I’m sure other comments will mention .. the Twilight Zone episode “Mirror Image”

I think she overthinks things. Film is often about suspension of dusbelief. This isn't remotely plausible but that isn't the point. It's using an abstract concept brought to life, and there could be a social commentary involved as well. Horror works best when it isn't completely explained.

Feels like he gets it she didn't. There were a lot of clues that does make it fun to watch a second time but its basically a mirrors movie of we are our own worse enemy. 11:11 is seen a lot as a mirror and in a mirror you see yourself as a reflection of you own worse enemy being yourself

"What, y'all scared of a family?" will never Not be funny to me🤭🤷🏾‍♂️

27:54 Ms. Movies click it right away! I realised about 'Hands Across America' foreshadow on the second time i watched this movie Great reaction as always!

Woo-hoo!! I'm SO glad you guys watched this movie! It's awesome!😱🖤🖤🖤

Honestly I've watched this several times and each watch I get it a little more. The general theme of equality is pretty apparent to me but processing it in more detail requires some effort. I think like what others have said, the key is not getting wrapped up in the details and back story. The fact they are clones doesn't really matter other than a convenient back story that requires some reconsideration on what defines "other" in a social sense.

I love watching reactions and explained videos about this movie lol

When you find out she has been the tether the entire time 😱😱😱

Look on youtube there are more twists and clues then you think

In the doppelganger space is Enemy by Denis Villneueve with Jake Gyllenhal. That last scene is one you don't forget, especially if you have my particular phobia.

In the beginning while their at the carnival. There is a movie being shot & that movie is The Lost Boys.

3:41 yes spot on as always and therez the twist as well.

Such a good movie. A bit opaque, but the creepiness was next level.

Since they are so into The Sopranos. How crazy would it be to see them both react to The Wire. Lol

Love how many times she's saying wtf is going on omg lol. This one definitely more creepier than get out love the whole doppelganger thing in this one and the outfits abd everything lol. Love how this relates to everyone no one safe at least in get out you just don't go to that house and that's if you're who they're looking for anyway lol.

“What is she *doing* ??” “Bein a kid” Lol I love you guys

2:26 THAT'S the thumbnail you should've used for this video lmao!!!

Did yall notice the boardwalk and town is the same one from the lost boys loved this movie just recently watched and it blew me away great cinematography and plot

Totally not mad you didn’t like it! I was underwhelmed the first time as well but watching it a second time works so well and I had a better time the 2nd time! Adelaide is great character too!

Love your channel

Keep up the good work

So yeah, this movie is for sure about economic differences and classism. On top of that, it shows everyone has multiple sides to them. :( The tethered HEAVILY (although can't say they only represented this) represented the less fortunate and those that society wishes to forget about and hide. :( So the line "we're Americans" makes a whole lot of sense..And while this movie is far creepier than Get Out, it's message is still just as great and one that should be told

Santa Cruz is worth visiting just to geek out over locations from The Lost Boys. Funky little college town that's equal parts Grateful Dead and Dead Kennedys. Don't miss the Giant Dipper or the crab omelet at Gilda's on the wharf. Or the 80's corner at the arcade...damn I love that place

It's not hard to draw a class analysis metaphor from this: the tethered suffer, with no or little will of their own, living a mirror life to the people above, hoping for freedom; the underclasses in capitalist society attempt to mimic the comforts, pleasures, indulgences of the bourgeoisie, the ruling capitalist class, in a farcical game of pretend. The main underlying theme in the film deals with income inequality, specifically in America. When Gabe asks, “Who are you people?” Red replies “We’re Americans,” and even the title of the film is an indicator (Us / U.S.). “The film is an allegory about a nation so divided between those above and below that it feels like the only outcome is a bloody one of self-destruction.” The final battle even takes place in a classroom at some point... it’s literally a “class struggle”. The tethered demonstrate that the differences between people are superficial and based on our status and upbringing. They’re “us” without the luxury of choice many people of privilege take for granted.In contrast to the tethered, the Wilsons are representative of the middle class. They are a perfectly functional family unit, living comfortably and even affording some luxuries like a vacation home and a boat. However, they make envious remarks about the Tylers who have better things- a nicer house, car, and the latest technology. They represent the upper class. They live very wealthy lives, drink all day, and barely talk to one another. This idea of being a member of the middle class looking up is even foreshadowed early on when young Adelaide’s dad is winning her a prize. The man at the booth tells them they can currently walk away with a prize from the second level… or keep playing for a chance to win a prize from the highest level. Peele’s main focus in this exploration of social class is centered on Adelaide. She is someone who rose up from the lower class (through wrongful means) and now fights tooth and nail to protect her new status. She seized her opportunity and ran with it, pretending that the generations of struggle she came from didn’t exist and that as long as she looked the other way, she didn’t have to return to it. Red was left behind to rot and lost her status, so she attempts to reclaim it by starting a revolution since she is the only one below who is aware of the life she is missing out on. This dynamic gives added meaning to the moment when Red tells Adelaide that they could have escaped together all those years ago instead of Adelaide leaving her behind. Red essentially tells Adelaide that she didn’t have to drag her down to pull herself up. Adelaide is aware of this and shows survivor’s guilt when she sympathizes with the tethered children as they die. She takes pity and sees herself in them since they were just trying to do the same thing she had managed to accomplish. A noteworthy detail in the film is that the escalator connecting the surface world to the underground only goes down. Many times in society we hear how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and that it’s systematic. This is symbolized by an escalator that is built to always go down, never lifting people up and forcing them to stay in their undesirable situations. There is a great deal of moral ambiguity to the film and it’s difficult to ascertain which side is good and which is evil. It’s just as difficult in real life, so much so that we often decide to do what Jason does in the end: put his mask back on and just go with the flow. However, that may just perpetuate the cycle of choosing not to truly evaluate who we are, both as individuals and as a society, and thus turn a blind eye to the problem until it becomes undeniable as it does in the film. It is possible that Jason was swapped out also during last year’s trip to the vacation home. The family makes multiple remarks about last year: When Jason is asked about his magic trick, he said he left it there last year, but he doesn’t know how to make it work anymore. Also, when he gets locked in the closet, his sister comments “Didn’t this happen last year?” He seems to have forgotten a lot in the past year, and when the doppelgangers come to the driveway and his dad asks Jason to get the bat, he remarks “What bat?” while his sister immediately knows where it is. The most striking detail comes when Adelaide is trying to get him to snap on rhythm. He has a hard time doing so, and Adelaide isn’t in rhythm either, hinting that they are both tethered. This comes into play later on when Pluto is holding the match and is snapping perfectly in rhythm. It’s as if he’s letting Adelaide know that it’s actually him and he smiles at Jason as if to say, “She knows I’m her real son.” Then when he dies in front of her, Adelaide yells out “No!” and reaches out, shedding tears for the death of the son she’s been raising all this time, excluding the past year. He couldn’t speak because of the burns on his face, and considering Adelaide was silenced by her doppelganger who crushed her throat when they switched places, the real Jason was likely silenced by his tethered counterpart when they switched. He probably tried to do the same magic trick last year, and while it didn’t work for him on the surface, the real Jason was underground playing with a match instead of a lighter and burned his mouth, searing it shut. This specific commentary shows us that seemingly innocuous actions done by the upper class often have devastating consequences for the lower class. There are a number of other signs in the film that point to Jason being a tethered as well: -Jason, like Adelaide, doesn’t talk much and is much closer to her than his dad or sister -His family comments in the car that he has been using strange new vocabulary -The girls at the beach make fun of him because he’s building a sand ... tunnel -Like his mother who was eating strawberries, he was the only other family member who wasn’t eating fish, perhaps because he was also tired of eating meat as a tethered -Adelaide and Jason are the only two whose doppelgangers aren’t trying to kill them. Red did towards the end but hers was calculated and prolonged. Pluto just wanted to play with Jason -Pluto tries to communicate with Jason in the closet. Pluto and Red are the only doppelgangers who attempt to communicate with a surface dweller -When the twins first attack, they only attack the sister… they know Jason is a tethered -The name Pluto might also be a bit of a giveaway. Pluto was widely considered to be just another planet until recent years, just like the real Jason who was just a regular kid until a year ago when he was swapped out and shunned by society.

it’s best to think about it as less of a story with a reason why than more of a twilight zone story. like with “nightmare at 20000 feet” you don’t find out where the gremlin comes from it’s just there - but if you pay attention to the themes it’s a story about mental health/ptsd you touched on the theme/metaphor at the end: the point is that it doesn’t matter which is which. it’s a story about class. they are all “americans” no matter if you grew up lower or higher it’s luck of the draw and if you want to climb out of the “lower class” you’re gonna have to do some pretty horrible things. also: kinda sad you didn’t catch the goonies reference lol

For me its about that every person has a dark side which we dont usually see under normal conditions. People from underground ate raw meat and were brutal but - if raised on the ground (normal society we know) like her, they would be normal people. Its a movie about society - thats why Us can also translate to US - United States.

Best reacting ever! The plot itself has its holes but the movie is incredibly entertaining. I also loved it (way more than Get Out). Can't wait to see Nope. Keep up the good work! 😉

on that scene where she's explaining what happened the one wearing the red jumpsuit thats her the chick behind her is the clone one of the major twists in this movie

The Mrs.needs someone to tell her how to think because she's a doppelganger.

I really enjoyed this at the theater. Enjoyed is the wrong word - was simultaneously very disturbed, disconcerted, and greatly enjoyed it. It subverted expectations in a novel way. On later viewings I liked it a little less, but I still like it a lot.

People usually don’t like what they don’t understand

Here’s my take: the government creates a rift between portions of the population. Some get to LIVE the American dream while others are forced to WATCH the American dream while they suffer. Even though they are equally human at their core. If that goes on for too long, the watchers will get sick of having the “dream” waved in front of their faces, and then they rebel. They are hurt and angry and desperate. That’s the meaning.

This is my favorite movie

9:51 Tension 🤌

"Who? The owl" Pretty nice one.

Toe strength! 😂🦶

I love how they altered I Got 5 On It for the movie

I’d love for you guys to react to the movie The Call with Halle Berry! It’s tense & so suspenseful it’s great! I think the Mrs would hate it but love it at the same time 😂

This one is harder to predict than Get Out

i can see mrs in such a situation, them moment her other Me is talking, she is like: ''oh my god what the fuck.'' walking out the room.

I very vividly remember "Hands Across America" ! It was AMAZING to me, still is actually. Also, I absolutely adore Jordan Peele's work.. the man is a freaking genius ! I'll definitely admit that this one was scary. I think that this movie is Jordan's take on the "Doppelganger" which is incredibly unique. In a weird way he reminds me of M. Night Shyamalan. But I'll also say that I'm beyond excited for N.O.P.E. !!! And maybe even more excited to watch you guys reaction video for it 😁

I've never seen someone so frustrated about not understand a movie LOL Mrs Movie was going through a rough time in this one

just noticed something funny. this movie should be called get out, cause the shadows want to get out, and the other one should be us, as in him becoming one of them.

41:04 haha she did unintentionally

Partially the meaning is if you now met the you who had none of the opportunities and resources you currently have and they fell on the worst of times and was considered lesser than. The two parts of you would clash entirely even though you are still just people because of those differences.

Y'all should watch a video that breaks down this movie, Insider has a good one.

I really liked this movie I think Get Out is more thematically rich but Us has very creepy and anonymous feel to it my only issue with this movie is the way the reveal the twist, if Peele would have left that to audience that is she a copy or duplicate and the movie ended the same way Jason stare at Addie but without flash back explaining the twist before fading away she clicks one last time and then fade to black that would be such a great debate to have in community same as the ending of The Shinning when camera zoom into Jack's photo in the Hotel

I understand how you feel about this one. I'm usually very good at finding the underlying narrative as well (and therefore can usually predict movies and stories) but this one took me a second watch until I picked up on the subtle clues given with the relationship with the neighbors. Once the economic difference stands out to you between them, it suddenly all clicks with the rest of the movie and you get that it's about wealth (or lack thereof). I love this movie but also respect if you still hate it. Thanks for sharing your honest opinions as always!😄

Metaphor about inequality ,the have's and have not's.

NOPE is fantastically weird.. it's also a very simple story.. nothing obscure.. you guys will like it.

I just searched for this to see if you'd already done it after watching you guys react to get out and I love that the mama here is she going like wanting to go fetch her for the mom sort of you'll see yeah it's about to get so much more nightmares for the mama but I don't think the Mama ever knows it's so disturbing when you find out that she actually was replaced as a kid and nobody ever noticed

Is basically a Twilight Zone movie (Jordan Peele is a big fan of twilight zone).