Russell Crowe continues to stack roles and is currently headlining the thriller (seemingly a touch funny), The Get Out, and early reviews are in.
Following his wild turn behind the wheel in 2020’s Unhinged, Crowe reunites with director Derrick Borte for The Get Out, an adaptation of Thomas Perry’s 2010 novel Strip (not yet translated into French). It’s the same author behind The Old Man (published in the United States in 2017, but only reaching France in 2024), which Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine drew inspiration from for their hit FX series of the same name, featuring Jeff Bridges as a former CIA operative hunted by an assassin.
Driven by a fierce urge to live after a Viagra-induced near-heart attack, Manco Kapak (Russell Crowe) tries to escape the nightlife world and put an end to his money-laundering activities. But that plan is upended by an armed robbery staged by Jeff (Aaron Paul) and Carrie (Nina Dobrev), a desperate professor being blackmailed, and a nosy bank teller. He ends up swept into problems far larger than he could have imagined.
The Get Out has just landed in U.S. theaters and early reviews are in. A press roundup.
Russell Crowe’s The Get Out
“A police thriller filled with interesting characters, intersecting destinies, punchy dialogue, unexpected humor, and enough twists to keep me hooked until the very end.”
HoustonPress
“In the role of a aging Albanian nightclub owner, Russell Crowe remains as charming as ever, even when the script lets him down. […] The attempt to blend humor and suspense feels clumsy, and the inner workings of the plot lack credibility.”
The Hollywood Reporter
“There’s nothing fundamentally bad about The Get Out, but nothing particularly original either. We’ve seen this story many times, and with better scripts. What saves this film from its script are the performances, especially those of Russell Crowe and Aaron Paul.”
JoBlo
« The Get Out isn’t entertaining enough to justify its 90s-style gangster casting, and the violent scenes intended to contrast with lighter moments aren’t gripping enough to deliver genuine suspense. In the end, it’s a parade of half-measures.»
IGN
“The artificial premise bringing the characters together never justifies the number of logical shortcuts needed to make them rub shoulders with enough intrigue or suspense to captivate the viewer.”
IndieWire
Overall, the reviews (at least the few that have published one so far) don’t seem particularly excited about the film, which feels rather disjointed, swinging from a nearly humorous first half to a second that takes itself too seriously. Yet Crowe’s performance is clearly one of The Get Out’s saving graces, and nearly all reviews urge audiences to revisit his comic turn in The Nice Guys.
With U.S. theatrical release since June 26, The Get Out will already arrive on VOD on June 30. In France, no release date has been announced yet. It’s likely to pop up on a platform catalog such as Prime Video or go straight to VOD among a sea of other titles, sooner or later.
