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Grace couldn't be happier after she marries the man of her dreams at his family's luxurious estate. There's just one catch -- she must now hide from midnight until dawn while her new in-laws hunt...
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- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
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- Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Aug 14, 2019 · Film Review: ‘Ready or Not’. Horror collective Radio Silence conjures the ultimate wedding nightmare, as a wide-eyed bride discovers that her in-laws intend to kill her. By Peter Debruge. Fox...
Sep 16, 2019 · Anchored by a dazzling turn by Samara Weaving, Ready Or Not brilliantly fuses thrills, satire, laughs and horror. Don’t count to 100 — just go and see. Read the Empire Movie review of Ready...
Aug 20, 2019 · “Ready or Not” quite plainly didn’t ask to be the other movie about human beings hunting each other for sport, but as Wesley Morris once wrote, a moment picks a movie more than the reverse. It’s quite plainly in Weaving’s corner, but it doesn’t have much to offer her.
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By Matthew Dougherty
Posted: Aug 21, 2019 8:45 pm
Ready or Not co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, as well as screenwriters Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy, have crafted a deliciously wicked little yarn of a horror comedy that mostly delivers on the blood, guts, and laughs you'd expect a film like this to have in spades.
Some movies just need to make good on the promise of their premise, and Ready or Not leans into the novelty of its concept. The film follows newlywed bride Grace (Samara Weaving) as she’s hunted down by her new richer-than-rich in-laws, and despite a slow start, culminates in the bloody-as-hell finale you find yourself rooting for.
The first half of Ready or Not struggles to elevate itself above its premise, with the script doing little to separate itself from a routine horror flick set up. Grace makes for a typically oblivious hero as she prepares to join the Le Domas family by marrying Alex (Mark O’Brien) in their enormous mansion.
This portion of the film feels like eating your vegetables before digging into dessert, with Grace just missing a few creepy glances from the family that somehow narrowly evade her sight. Though you expect a period of set up in any horror film before things really go off the rails, with this premise and the comedy that follows, Ready or Not would have been a more complete package had the filmmakers added more of the fun that comes later in the movie to its first half.
The quality of the rest of the cast’s performances vary. Not that Ready or Not needed to gun for Oscars, but a few important roles here simply don’t sync with the tone the film is trying to achieve. Strong turns come from Adam Brody and Andie MacDowell as Grace’s brother- and mother-in-law, respectively, but it’s hard not to wonder what a few more heavyweight actors might have done with the rest of the Le Domas family.
Cinematographer Brett Jutkiewicz shoots Ready or Not with a gorgeous, soft hue typical of a period-set chamber drama. The lush set design in front of the camera is up to snuff, too, as is the borderline gothic wedding dress Grace wears for the entirety of the film. It is, overall, rather well made for a fairly small 95-minute horror film, and that makes a big difference as it ramps up to its bigger, genre-specific payoffs.
Ready or Not takes a little longer than it should to deliver the goods, but once it does, it more than fulfills its promise. This is an entertaining game of tension and gore with a strong funny bone, all in a well-wrapped package clearly designed with surprising thought and artistic effort with a star-making performance for Samara Weaving.
- Matthew Dougherty
Aug 19, 2019 · In Ready Or Not, premiering Aug. 21, Grace (Samara Weaving) happily weds Alex (Mark O'Brien), whose strange family has made a fortune in board games. But after the vows, Alex informs his new...
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Aug 20, 2019 · Dark, funny, and thoroughly unique, the latest horror-tinged thriller from Southbound directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett could be a last-minute hit of the summer. A century ago, the...
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