Us (2019 film)

"Once upon a time, there was a girl and the girl had a shadow. The two were connected, tethered together. When the girl ate, her food was given to her warm and tasty. But when the shadow was hungry, she had to eat rabbit raw and bloody. On Christmas, the girl received wonderful toys; soft and cushy. But the shadow's toys were so sharp and cold they sliced through her hands and fingers when she tried to play with them. The girl met a handsome prince and fell in love. But the shadow at that same time had Abraham. It didn't matter if she loved him or not. He was tethered to the girl's prince after all. Then the girl had her first child, a beautiful baby girl. But the shadow, she gave birth to a little monster! Umbrae was born laughing. The girl had a second child, a boy this time. They had to cut her open and take him from her belly. The shadow had to do it all herself. She named him Pluto, he was born to love fire. So you see, the shadow hated the girl so much for so long...until one day the shadow realized she was being tested by God."

"How it must have been to grow up with a sky. To feel the sun, the wind, the trees. But your people took it for granted. We're human too, you know. Lives. Gave them hands, teeth, and blood. Exactly like you. And yet, it was humans that built this place. I believe they figured out how to make a copy of the body but not the soul. The soul remains one shared by two. They created the Tethered so they could use them to control the ones above. Like puppets. But they failed and they abandoned the Tethered. For generations, the Tethered continued without interactions. They all went mad down here. And then there was us... You remember? We were born special. Fate brought us together that night. I never stopped thinking about you. How things could have been. How you could’ve taken me with you. Years after we met, a miracle of life happened. That's when I saw God. And He showed me my path. You felt it too. The end of our dance. The Tethered saw that I was different. That I would deliver them from this misery. I had found my faith. And I began to prepare. It took years to plan. Everything had to be perfect. I didn't just need to kill you. I needed to make a statement that the whole world would see. It's our time now. Our time up there. And to think, if it weren't for you, I never would've danced at all."

"We Are Our Own Worst Enemy."

"Watch Yourself."

"“Us” highlights the unwitting complicity of even apparently well-meaning and conscientious people in an unjust order that masquerades as natural and immutable but is, in fact, the product of malevolent designs that leave some languishing in the perma-shadows. (Designed by whom? The movie doesn’t name names, but it winks and nods and nudges in a general direction that runs from the sea to the lake.) It dramatizes this world, but with a twist—one that (avoiding spoilers) risks overturning conventional values and sympathies with ecstatic fervor. Suffice it to say that “Us” reserves empathy for its unwitting villains while gleefully deriding their comfortably normal state of obliviousness—and the ordinary absurdities of the world at large."

"Lupita Nyong'o – Adelaide Wilson (née Thomas) / Red"

"Winston Duke – Gabriel "Gabe" Wilson / Abraham"

"Shahadi Wright Joseph – Zora Wilson / Umbrae"

"Evan Alex – Jason Wilson / Pluto"

"Elisabeth Moss – Kitty Tyler / Dahlia"

"Tim Heidecker – Josh Tyler / Tex"

"Cali Sheldon – Becca Tyler / Io"

"Noelle Sheldon – Lindsey Tyler / Nix"

"Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Russel Thomas / Weyland"

"Anna Diop – Rayne Thomas / Eartha"

"Napiera Groves – Dr. Foster / Amethyst"

"Duke Nicholson – Danny / Tony"

"Kara Hayward – Nancy / Syd"

"Nathan Harrington – Glen / Jack"

"Dustin Ybarra – Troy / Brand"

"Alan Frazier – Ferdie / Jeremiah"

"Lon Gowan – Don / Joseph"

"Jordan Peele – Dying Rabbit / Fun House Narrator"