Nope
Movie, 2022, Directed, Set in Agua Dulce, California
Nope is #5 of 7 in release order and #3 of 7 in chronological order in the Jordan Peele.
The story
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
Nope recap
Nope (2022) follows two siblings who train horses for Hollywood productions and set out to film the strange thing hiding in the clouds above their ranch. In Agua Dulce, California, Otis Haywood Sr. (Keith David) is killed by a coin falling from the sky. Six months later his son OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and daughter Emerald (Keke Palmer) are struggling to keep the business going, selling horses to Ricky "Jupe" Park (Steven Yeun), a former child star who runs a Western theme park and survived a chimpanzee attack on a 1990s sitcom set. When the power flickers and horses vanish, the Haywoods realise something is taking them and hope to sell footage of it. They recruit electronics salesman Angel Torres (Brandon Perea) and the cinematographer Antlers Holst (Michael Wincott), and OJ comes to suspect the object is a living animal. Jordan Peele wrote and directed it as his third feature. It follows Us and is his most recent film as director here.
Nope ending explained
Nope ends with Emerald photographing the creature as it dies and OJ alive outside the theme park. The creature, which OJ names Jean Jacket, swallows Jupe's whole audience at a live show and hunts anyone who looks at it. The team baits it with inflatable tube men while Holst cranks an analog camera, but he walks into its path for the perfect shot. OJ draws it off on horseback while Emerald releases a giant Jupe balloon, which it swallows and bursts. She takes the picture with a tourist well camera and sees OJ through the dust.
Post-credits scenes
No. Nope has no mid- or post-credits scene.
Where to watch Nope
Nope is streaming on Netflix in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Candyman, before Wendell & Wild.
- Chronological order: after Us, before The Twilight Zone.
Cast
- Daniel Kaluuya as OJ Haywood
- Keke Palmer as Emerald Haywood
- Brandon Perea as Angel Torres
- Michael Wincott as Antlers Holst
- Steven Yeun as Ricky 'Jupe' Park
- Wrenn Schmidt as Amber Park
- Keith David as Otis Haywood Sr.
- Devon Graye as Ryder Muybridge
- Terry Notary as Gordy
- Barbie Ferreira as Nessie
- Donna Mills as Bonnie Clayton
- Osgood Perkins as Fynn Bachman
Directed by Jordan Peele.