I'm always very nervous when a film's advertising campaign leads extensively on the director and not on the acting... To be honest, here, I really couldn't quite see what the fuss was about on either front. A pretty monosyllabic "OJ" (Daniel Kaluuya) lives with his feisty sister "Emerald" (Keke Palmer) on a remote stud farm where they provide horses for the movies. When strange things start going bump in the night, and the horses start behaving oddly, then disappearing all together - they are bemused. Off to town they go where they meet local geek "Torres" (Brandon Perea) who is full to the bri... read the rest.

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"Nope contains extraordinarily immersive technical elements, but the thematic focus raises narrative issues.

Jordan Peele takes full advantage of Hoyte van Hoytema's phenomenal cinematography and Michael Abels' memorable score to create a spectacle worthy of the big screen, but it's the sound production that really elevates the movie to that level.

Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Steven Yeun are exceptional, but the latter is tied to an extremely thematic storyline - immensely rich - with litt... read the rest.

Overall : A big YEP to NOPE!

Jordan Peele’s creativity is unrivaled! Nothing is typical of anything he does. Even knowing it is an alien movie, he keeps things fresh with surprising twists and eerie tension. Unlike anything I have seen before—there is excellent symbolism through the flashback sequences. I also enjoyed the developing relationship between the main two characters. My only complaint is that the horror and dread so palpable at the beginning fades completely about two-thirds into the film.

They said it and you wont hear me disagreeing with it. Did I find it entertaining? "nope". Did I feel the story was cohesive and comprehensible, with a clear contextual message? "nope". Were characterisations relatable and relevant? "Sort of".

Nope's characterisations are moderately relatable but somehow, also seem to appear oddly misconstrued. The mostly monosyllabic cowboy character, for example, only adds to the sense of ambiguity (perhaps that's the idea).To my mind however, this ploy, if that's what it is, stifles development, of the already ambiguous, story line. The sister, his comp... read the rest.

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Jordan Peele's 'Nope; comes in with some big expectations due to Peele's previous work. 'Get Out' shifted the paradigm for horror movies, taking a genre which has historically been associated with a temporary experience of thrill and adrenaline, to being social commentaries on society and raising some deeper questions about ourselves in the process of watching his stories unfold.

Nope is no exception, and in fact it can be argued that it attempts to combine story, metaphor and meaning in a more ambitious way... read the rest.

My first Jordan Peele film! Such a rich text and an incredibly well-crafted piece of filmmaking. Great ensemble, superb execution of its sci-fi concepts, and just a joy to exist in. It might be one of the best films I've had the pleasure of seeing in theaters and definitely one of my favorites.

I do noi Ike horror movies as a rule, but I liked this one, so I suspect that “Nope” didn’t have enough gore or shocking surprises for the average fan of that genre. I thought the acting and writing were fine, and the title was a subtle selection. The odd subplot of the incident with Gordy the monkey reminded me of the movie Magnolia for some reason. I wonder if that film was any kind of an influence on Jordan Peele’s storytelling style?

The entity in this movie is rather quirky and odd as we learn how it operates and its likes and dislikes. I will say no more than that because learning abo... read the rest.

All you all that like movies like this are going to be really embarrassed once it's not hip to be racist anymore. You know, one this woke crap ends and we go back to judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.

But then isn't judging people by the content of their character "racist" today? You have to judge by skin color right?

This is Peele, he makes a point about that, because once more all white people are idiots or evil, and now all Asians are idiots and evil too, because in woke culture they are "white adjacent."

It's more veiled racism that... read the rest.

A really well made flick!

'Nope' comes across as a pretty unique film, even if the core premise isn't necessarily that. I enjoyed seeing it all come together, the conclusion is the most entertaining part - as it ought to be, I guess. The cinematography, meanwhile, is ace.

I also dig the special effects, although oddly I feel like the main thing's effect slightly (!) dropped off a bit towards the end - but that could just be the fact that we see more of it at that point, as opposed to the prior snippets.

Keke Palmer is excellent throughout, the clear standout in my opinion. Dan... read the rest.