Film Review – Him (2025)

To help sell “Him” to the masses, Universal Pictures has been plastering the name of Jordan Peele all over marketing materials. However, the “Get Out,” “Us,” and “Nope” filmmaker is only involved as a producer, not a writer or director, though one could be forgiven for thinking Peele played a major role in the making of the offering, as it closely resembles his vision for suspense and commentary. Co-writer/director Justin Tipping is the credited leader of the pack here, and he’s ambitious with the project, which means to explore the cult-like fame and fandom of professional football, following the torturous experience of a rookie trying to take advantage of interest one of the greatest athletes in the game is showing him. “Him” could be sharp critique of NFL excess and the meat grinder experience it offers most players, but Tipping would rather make a horror movie, and a particularly clumsy one at that, gradually losing control of the endeavor’s insanity to a point where it all just becomes white noise. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com