"There is a certain degree of body horror baked into American football that becomes readily apparent whenever players sustain gruesome, career-ending injuries on camera. For some, football's overt violence is part of its appeal, and players are seen as people who have chosen to risk their safety in pursuit of fame and glory. Over the years, the public has become much more aware of football's potential to leave players' bodies and minds irreparably damaged."
"The Jordan Peele-produced film wants you to be thinking about them as it spins a disorienting tale about a football star in the making whose life is turned upside down when meets his childhood hero. Him is more stylish than "scary" in the traditional horror sense, and it becomes increasingly baroque in ways that make it feel less and less rooted in reality."
Him centers on Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers), a talented college quarterback whose love for the game runs deep. Cam is surrounded by his doting family, but he comes alive on the field. The film examines the body horror of American football, including gruesome, career-ending injuries and the sport's capacity to leave bodies and minds damaged. The film engages with structural racism in the football business and with the NFL's vast profitability despite those harms. Justin Tipping directs a Jordan Peele-produced sports horror that favors style over traditional scares, growing baroque and less grounded as it progresses. The movie falters in later acts but serves as a thought exercise about the prices people pay for football.
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