Us

Man. This is such an interesting premise and features some genuinely great performances and directing.. but I can never escape the general feeling of emptiness and indifference.  Every actor gives it their absolute all and it’s a delightfully original work.. but its characters are underwritten and uninteresting. There are some good metaphors pertaining to classism.. but they often overlap and become confusing.. and a bit pretentious. Yeah I see what he’s trying to say.. I just think it’s presented in a way that’s a lot less deep than it thinks it is.  I think there are a lot of good ideas in this but it just needs a much better script (especially with the tonally confusing attempts at comedic relief scattered throughout). Feels like a “shot the first draft” kind of situation. Still it’s far from being bad.