Get In
By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker,
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Terrible French horror movie has bloody violence, nudity.
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What's the Story?
In GET IN (Furie in French), Paul Dallio (Stephane Caillard) and his wife, Chloe (Adama Niane), return in their RV from a two-month vacation with their young son. Sabine (Marie Bourin), their nanny, has been staying at the house with her burly husband, Eric (Hubert Delattre), and they refuse to leave, claiming it's now their home. The police confirm that paperwork allowing Sabine and Eric to pay the utilities means they have a "contract" and are legal renters. Tensions between Chloe and Paul are already taut, as she's had an affair and he's trying to forgive her, so he's ill-equipped to handle this new challenge, especially since he's Black and the squatters are White. The police cuff Paul when he claims the home is his. When the courts rule against the owners, they move to a trailer park managed by Mickey (Paul Hamy), a beer-drinking thug. Things quickly go from bad to worse.
Is It Any Good?
This is a uniquely hateful and offensive piece of violent exploitation cinema that has no redeeming value. Using a similar title to Jordan Peel's treatise on racism, Get Out, seems cynical, insulting, and exploitive. The based-on-a-true-story claim is vague, which is a good thing, because nothing about Get In is either believable or good. If the house thieves are "renters," then how much are they paying and when is the lease up? Why does the law prevent Paul from getting his clothes and his pet bird? Paul loses his temper every time he speaks to a bureaucrat who might otherwise be inclined to help. And when idiots suggest to him that he has chosen to be a victim, he just fumes like a 4-year-old who has been called a bad name.
The people who eventually do take action are low-life drunken thugs who view violence and entertainment interchangeably, who respect nothing but a bat to their heads, and who espouse the benefits of toxic masculinity and the made-up notion of willing victimhood. If Mickey really were the way men should be, why would he need to drink and get high all day, rape women, and beat up defenseless men? Yet, only at the story's end, after Paul is forced to become as brutal as Mickey, even if only in self-defense, does his wife make love to him. This cynical and irresponsible movie endorses a dangerous sense of entitlement: that people who are willing to violently take what they think they deserve have the right to do so.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about Get In's premise. Is it realistic? What point of view does the film take about government and law? What are some clues?
How does this compare to other horror movies you've seen?
Mickey, who enjoys violence, tries to persuade Paul, a less aggressive man, to turn to violence. Do you find it ironic that Paul only resorts to violence when Mickey attacks him? Who do you think the movie suggests is the hero?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming: May 1, 2019
- Cast: Adama Niane , Stéphane Caillard , Paul Hamy
- Director: Olivier Abbou
- Studio: Netflix
- Genre: Horror
- Run time: 98 minutes
- MPAA rating: NR
- Last updated: February 18, 2023
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