‘Us’ is the Perfect Summer Movie
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By Natalie Pohorski
The summer vibes in Jordan Peele’s 2019 psychological thriller are scary good.
Visiting the family cabin for the summer
A long yet scenic road trip leads to a charming vacation home situated amongst the trees with a lakefront backyard. Once you arrive you each take your respective rooms before re-familiarizing yourself with the place and the outdated furniture.
Having to hang with your parents’ party-loving friends (and their snotty kids)
How much did it suck to get paired up with kids of completely different ages and interests because your parents agreed to hang out with their parents? It’s fair to say they connected only because they have neighboring lake houses, and the vibes are off from the start.
Taking in the Boardwalk
Nothing quite like the carnival on a summer night. Raise your hand if you tried the ill-advised move of wandering away while your parents are arguing and visiting an ironic funhouse, where you first meet your doppelganger.
Beach Day!
Beach Day means at least one of four family members are unhappy or annoyed at all times. Mom is probably worrying about something, dad is drinking too much under an umbrella, your little brother is doing something stupid, and you’re just trying to listen to music on your phone. These are the rules of Beach Day.
P.S. Your dad bought a boat
Summers are for the dads and their hobbies. If the golf clubs weren’t enough, now he’s got a boat, which will inevitably lead to other hobbies he has to learn (like fixing it). Plus maybe fishing.
An entire network of underground doppelgangers donning matching red jumpsuits and brass scissors return to the surface to kill their humans and take their rightful place holding hands across the entire United States of America.
It doesn’t get more summer than that, right?
Natalie Pohorski is a content specialist at Cinema Sugar.