Martha
Drawn out to absurdity... Predictable and long winded.
Movie spotlight
Ready or Not
2019
Movie
95 min
English
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.
Insights
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic64/100
Google Users83%
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett•Genres: Horror, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Plot Summary
A young bride plays a deadly game of hide-and-seek with her eccentric new in-laws when they invite her to a mysterious ritual on her wedding night. As she tries to survive until dawn, she uncovers the dark secrets of her husband's wealthy family and their terrifying tradition.
Critical Reception
Ready or Not received widespread critical acclaim, with critics praising its blend of horror and dark comedy, Samara Weaving's performance, and its inventive premise. Audiences also responded positively to its thrilling and often humorous take on the genre.
What Reviewers Say
A wildly entertaining and bloody horror-comedy that delivers on both scares and laughs.
Samara Weaving shines as a resourceful and increasingly badass bride.
Cleverly subverts genre tropes with a sharp script and stylish direction.
Google audience: Google users largely enjoyed the film, appreciating its dark humor, suspenseful plot, and strong lead performance. Many found it to be a refreshing and fun horror experience.
Awards & Accolades
Nominated for Best Actress for Samara Weaving at the Saturn Awards.
Fun Fact
The elaborate wedding dress worn by Samara Weaving was designed to look increasingly tattered and blood-stained throughout the film, with multiple versions created to show its progression.
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10 reviews
CinemaSerf
When "Grace" (Samara Weaving) marries "Alex" (Mark O'Brien) she thinks it will be the happiest day of her life. Gathered at his family's sprawling mansion, the ceremony is followed by a small dinner at which "Tony" (Henry Czerny) announces ...
Menticide
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good solid entertainment. Nothing really special, or twisty, but a great execution (unfortunately rare these days). This is how movies like Boss Level or Wrath of Man should've been made. * Short runtime ✅ * Never slows down ✅
Repo Jack
The excellent Samara Weaving is the antithesis of a scream queen. With kick-ass roles in "The Babysitter," "Mayhem," and "Guns Akimbo," she is vying with Harley Quinn as the "vixen" of modern cinema. An outrageous story with just the right ...
Kamurai
Fantastic watch, will watch again, and do recommend. This is such a great crazy, survivalist premise: an average lady that just wants to marry her man gets served up into a human hunting game, and she's a bad ass. Samara Weaving nails e...
Gimly
I've never kept it secret that I have a personal issue with Samara Weaving, but I try to keep things like that out of my mind, and, even though I know it's impossible to be truly objective about something as subjective as art, at least atte...
JPV852
Fun little horror-thriller-(dark)comedy that was entertaining enough and features a great performance from Samara Weaving, who has similar command of the scene like her uncle. Story-wise, not groundbreaking but as someone who generally does...
SWITCH.
‘Ready or Not’ doesn’t sport as many laughs as you'd want for this ridiculous story, nor is it dark enough to be a true horror; it's just gory and violent with the occasional jump scare and anxiety-ridden scene. So while it doesn’t meet exp...
Stephen Campbell
**_An entertaining horror-comedy that takes aim at the decadence and insularity of the 1%_** >_So distribution should undo excess,/And each man have enough._ - William Shakespeare; _His True Chronicle Historie of the life and death of...
Manuel São Bento
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) Once again, I didn’t know anything going into the theater regarding this movie. In fact, Ready or Not wasn’t even on my watchlist until the beginning of this week. I ...