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Ready or Not is rambunctious fun that doesn’t take itself at all seriously but delivers an assuredly white-knuckle ride.
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Ready or Not (2019)
A bride's (Samara Weaving) wedding night takes a dark turn when her rich, eccentric new in-laws (Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell) force her to take part in a deadly game.
"It’s the happiest day of Grace’s life as she marries her fiancé Daniel, a member of the Le Domus family, owners of one of the biggest games companies in the world. Before taking her rightful place at her new in-laws country mansion, there’s a traditional family ritual Grace must play first prior to heading off on honeymoon. But the game that’s chosen turns lethal and everyone must fight for survival." (FrightFest)
Less2019Rating: MA15+, Strong horror themes and violence95 minsUSA
HorrorThriller
- Director:
- Matt Bettinelli-OlpinTyler Gillett ('Devil's Due', 'V/H/S')
- Writer:
- Guy BusickRyan Murphy
- Cast:
- Samara WeavingAndie MacDowellAdam BrodyHenry CzernyMark O'BrienNicky GuadagniMelanie ScrofanoKristian Bruun
Ready or Not (2019) | Reviews
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Stuff
Ready or Not does exactly what you want it to. There's plenty of laughs, a couple of well assembled jump-scares, tonnes of gore and a gratifying absence of morality or sermonising. Recommended.
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New Zealand Herald
As the bungling archetypes run riot within the mansion, it's clear that this is a horror that knows its strengths and undeniably operates best in its more playful moments. The result is loads of bloody fun.
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Hollywood Reporter
Ready has a fine time with its setting... and Weaving is sharp enough to play things straight as the ensemble around her goes for the occasional laugh.
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Variety
This deranged and darkly comedic thriller... packs subversive pleasures aplenty, exaggerating the anxieties of marrying into an unfamiliar family by confronting its unsuspecting bride with a worst-case set of in-laws.
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The Guardian
In a year filled with underwhelming horror films, it's ultimately more of the same, a game where the biggest loser is the audience.
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Time Out
As games go, this one's a little too easy to outfox, but it's worth playing if you need a quick diversion, or if the chess moves of The Favourite felt overly vicious - Ready or Not is pure checkers.
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IndieWire
Wickedly entertaining from start to finish, and painted with enough fresh personality to resolve into something more than the sum of its parts.
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The New York Times
Relentless and thoroughly preposterous, Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy's script hews to its own batty logic, its frantic pacing peppered with morbid humour.
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Los Angeles Times
"The Most Dangerous Game" with notes of "Rosemary's Baby" and the sassy, snarky 'tude of "Heathers."
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