Us Ending Explained (& What It Really Means)
Jordan Peele's Us is full of twists and shocking reveals, which can be a bit confusing and hard to follow. Here's what happens and what it means.
US (2019)
Written and directed by Jordan Peele, Us follows the Wilson family; Adelaide (Lupita Nyong'o) and her husband Gabe (Winston Duke), and their children, Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) and Jason (Evan Alex). When visiting a remote lakeside cabin, the Wilson family is beset by exact doppelgangers of themselves, who quickly disclose that they mean their counterparts harm. The Wilson family is forced to fight for their lives against twisted mirror images of themselves, not realizing that there are more doppelgangers out there.
Us
- Director
- Jordan Peele
- Release Date
- March 22, 2019
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Lupita Nyong'o , Winston Duke , Elisabeth Moss , Tim Heidecker , Shahadi Wright Joseph , Evan Alex , Yahya Abdul-Mateen II , Anna Diop
- Writers
- Jordan Peele
- Runtime
- 116 Minutes
- Budget
- $20 million
Summary
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 (Winston 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 going to befall her family. After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. Us pits an endearing American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves. This is the second feature film directed by Jordan Peele, who achieved phenomenal success in 2017 with Get Out. A box office hit, Get Out was one of the year's top awards contenders, winning Peele Best Original Screenplay. It was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Us was first announced shortly after Get Out and is set to begin filming in 2018 ahead of its 2019 release date. Want to know more about Us?
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