First Reactions To Jordan Peele's Us Are Glowing!

Following his critically acclaimed directorial debut in 2017, the anticipation for Jordan Peele’s follow-up project Us has been high and the time has finally come for its world premiere at the South by Southwest festival, and the first reactions are calling it another work of horror art!

Lupita Nyong’o. Well DAMN. THAT is an award worthy performance. #UsMovie #UsFirst pic.twitter.com/TGe31FMPUp

— Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) March 9, 2019

#SXSW: @JordanPeele’s #USmovie frays your nerves with exacting precision, ambitious original ideas, and moments that will traumatize (in… the best way, as great genre films do?) a whole generation of youngs who sneak in to see it. Also: Lupita. Is. INCREDIBLE. pic.twitter.com/bdM5EwI0bW

— jen yamato (@jenyamato) March 9, 2019

VERY into #USMovie. An eerie thrill PACKED with A+ set pieces. The whole ensemble is something else. An unforgettable big screen family right here. A wild, highly engaging ride but best of all, it’s not one to quickly shake off after it ends. Gonna have it on my mind for a while.

— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) March 9, 2019

One day decades from now I’m going to be on my deathbed and still trying to process #UsMovie. And probably still wrong. I mean that as a compliment.

— Alisha Grauso @ #SXSW2019 (@AlishaGrauso) March 9, 2019

OMG

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— Janelle Monáe, Cindi (@JanelleMonae) March 9, 2019

Just saw Jordan Peele’s “US” last night which premiered here at SXSW. A really scary movie with an underbelly of profundity. A movie that shines a dark spotlight on our duality and strikes at our souls. A significant movie–especially for these times in which we live.

— Frank Oz (@TheFrankOzJam) March 9, 2019

US is like THE TWILIGHT ZONE by way of French new extremity. Lupita Nyong’o is unreal, doing the kind of work horror fans will still be talking about in a few decades. And Winston Duke is a movie star.

— Jacob Hall (@JacobSHall) March 9, 2019

US: Jordan Peele’s horror cred should not be doubted. GET OUT is no fluke. US brings the home invasion heat and gets real aggressive doing so. Tremendously thrilling, razor-sharp, and spectacularly acted. #SXSW

— Howlin’ Matt Donato SXSW (@DoNatoBomb) March 9, 2019

Can honestly say I’ve never seen anything like @JordanPeele‘s ‘Us’. It’s incredibly violent, filled with stuff I didn’t expect to happen, and completely original. Crowd was freaking out a few times. If you expected another ‘Get Out’ this isn’t it. Shows Peele has a lot to say. pic.twitter.com/pOSx8yqieX

— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) March 9, 2019

Us: Jordan Peele has done it again. This is blistering terror, original horror, and a biting observational humor. Plus. Lupita delivers a jaw dropping performance that is instantly iconic. #SXSW2019

— Kristy Puchko (@KristyPuchko) March 9, 2019

#UsMovie is a heck of an experience. Funny enough to make you laugh, scary enough to make you scream, genuinely heartbreaking in moments, anchored by several incredible dual performances, especially Lupita’s. #SXSW

— Angie J. Han (@ajhan) March 9, 2019

I have not, I repeat, have not been able to get #USMovie off my mind. So many themes, so many angles, So much to process…

I don’t trust any of the reviews coming out bc its not a film you can process in a few hours. No way. pic.twitter.com/ptjcGw3vEr

— valerie complex @ sxsw (@ValerieComplex) March 9, 2019

Us | Get those tickets now for March 22, 2019 https://t.co/QuNP74bTN3

— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) March 9, 2019

Us stars Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther), Winston Duke (Black Panther), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Tim Heidecker (Ant-Man and the Wasp) along with Shahadi Wright Joseph (Hairspray Live!), Evan Alex (Mani), Madison Curry, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon (Friends) and Duke Nicholson.

Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Duke), and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) for an idyllic summer getaway. Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is about to befall her family.

After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home to discover the silhouettes of four figures standing in their driveway. Us pits an ordinary American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.

Us will be written and directed by Peele and will also produce through his Monkeypaw Productions. The film is being produce by Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum and Monkeypaw’s Ian Cooper with Daniel Lupi to executive produce.

The film will hit theaters wide on March 22.