The appeal of Jordan Peele is that his comedic intelligence fosters accuracy. And with the stew of notions in Get Out, it is no surprise that social commentary and genre defiance flow in perfect symmetry in this wildly entertaining film.

The young Rose (Williams) and Chris (Kaluuya) reluctantly prepare to visit her uppity parents who are unaware of their daughter’s interracial relationship. Upon arrival, a cloaking eeriness floats through the air as we realize that Chris’ skin color probably isn’t a surprise. Rose is ideally sarcastic about the reaction of her parents Missy (Keener) and Dean (Whitford) but an odd reality presents itself around the house.

About the time sci-fi and horror are in command, we are brought back to comedy in one fell swoop with harmless Georgina (Gabriel) walking across the window to a frightful musical crescendo. It is a full circle moment and a reminder of the intended playful takeaway ultimately sustained throughout by Rod (Howery), Chris’ TSA agent best friend.

Jordan Peele, for us, channels Simon Pegg to cross all classes of films but cannot quite cross into the Film Clas elite as we take out 4.49 napkins out of 5 for Get Out.