Directed by: Jordan Peele
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun
Running Time: 130'
Verdict: ⊗⊗⊗⊗
Nope is a cool, stylish and picturesque quasi horror about cowboys and aliens by a recently retired comedian and freshest black director in Hollywood. Jordan Peele tries to cram a lot of ideas in his films and, while each of them may be very good or interesting, together they don't mix perfectly. Similarly, Nope has a lot of genres in it, and they change from scene to scene. While the film obscures the narrative and focuses mostly on the atmosphere, in retrospect the scenes are not connected that well and story fumbles more than it flows. Some scenes just seem unnecessary or irrelevant. Other scenes are jaw-dropping or amazingly graceful. Like other of Peele's films, Nope is clever, but doesn't really think you are. Building suspension works great, but is eventually diluted with overexplainations and sudden shifts in characters' motivations. Acting is pretty much perfect all around, but there are a few characters that are maybe more eccentric than they need to be. The protagonist however, while played flawlessly by Daniel Kaluuya, is hard to characterize, sometimes being awkward, sometimes disinterested, sometimes perceptive and then usually just the coolest cucumber around. But it's obvious that the performance carries the character, as there is not much that he actually does throughout the movie. And throughout the movie, I have an impression that I'm watching an exceptional film, but I lose that impression the minute after the end. Same thing happened with Get Out and Us. Jordan Peele is a good director and an innovative writer, but I'm still waiting for his exceptional film.
Rokin
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