Ready or Not

Ready or NotTheatrical release posterDirected byProduced byWritten byStarringMusic byCinematographyBrett JutkiewiczEdited byTerel GibsonProduction companies Distributed byRelease dateRunning time95 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$6 millionBox office$57.6 millionReady or Not is a 2019 American film directed by and from a screenplay by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. The film stars as a newlywed who becomes hunted by her spouse's family as part of their wedding night ritual. portrays her husband, with , , and as members of his family.

Ready or Not had its world premiere at the on July 27, 2019, and was theatrically released on August 21, 2019 by . It grossed $57 million against a $6 million budget and received generally positive reviews from critics, for its blend of subversive humor and crowd-pleasing thrills.

Contents Plot[] Young brothers Alex and Daniel Le Domas are seen running through the halls of a . Daniel, the older brother, leads Alex around the house and finally has Alex hide in a closet when a man approaches him, begging Daniel to help him. Daniel looks at him for a moment before yelling, "He's in here!" The man runs but is stopped by members of Daniel and Alex's family in masks and with different weapons. One of them with a shoots the man in the chest, and a woman in a wedding dress pleads for them to stop. The man is picked up off the ground and dragged into a room. The door of the room then shuts behind them.

Thirty years later, Alex has returned home to marry his , Grace, a former eager to finally have a family. On their wedding night, he tells her that, as tradition, every new addition to the family must play a game. Grace has to draw a random card, and the game they have to play will be written there.

The family includes Alex, his alcoholic brother, Daniel, Daniel's wife, Charity; his -addicted sister, Emilie; Emilie's husband, Fitch, their two sons Georgie and Gabe; their father, Tony, and mother, Becky; and the somber Aunt Helene. It is explained that their ancestor, Victor Le Domas, made a . Le Bail would build the Le Domas fortune in exchange for the Le Domases observing this tradition. Grace draws a card labeled "." Unaware of the truth, she hides while the Le Domases arm themselves with weapons to hunt her down.

When Grace witnesses Emilie accidentally killing one of the maids believing it to be her, Alex confesses that the "hide and seek" card is the only game that requires the family to kill the recipient. They believe that if Grace survives until dawn, the entire family will die, as per the agreement with Le Bail. He kept the truth from Grace, knowing she would leave him if she knew. The last time someone pulled that card was thirty years ago when Helene's husband was killed. Shocked, scared, and angry, Grace becomes determined to survive. She is discovered by Daniel, who is disillusioned with the bloody family tradition and gives her a head start. To prevent his family from tracking Grace, Alex destroys the security monitors before being restrained by Daniel and Tony.

Grace escapes the mansion and hides in the barn, only to be shot in the hand by Emilie's young son, Georgie. Furious, she knocks Georgie out, but accidentally falls into a pit filled with the decaying corpses of the previous sacrifices. She climbs out, though not without more wounds, and is pursued by the butler, Stevens. She fights him and escapes in his car, but the car is quickly reported stolen and shut down. Stevens catches up and tranquilizes her. While being driven back, Grace awakens and attacks Stevens, leading to a car crash which kills Stevens. However, she is captured again and restrained on the symbol of a as the family prepares to sacrifice her. They drink from a ceremonial cup and start to vomit blood. Daniel releases Grace, revealing he non-lethally poisoned its contents with . Charity, however, shoots Daniel in the throat, causing him to bleed to death; after Charity, Grace thanks Daniel for helping her. Looking for an exit, Grace is cornered by Tony, whom she bludgeons with an and inadvertently starts a fire.

Becky attacks Grace; having had enough, Grace snaps and bludgeons Becky to death with Le Bail's wooden game box. Alex finds Daniel's body before finding Grace and his mother. Realizing that Grace no longer trusts him and will not stay with him after all this, Alex subdues her. The group hails as Alex prepares to stab her. At the last moment, Grace twists, taking the stab to her shoulder and freeing herself. Dawn breaks, but when nothing happens, the family believes their tradition was a lie, and all of this was for nothing. However, Helene still believes in the curse, but when she tries to kill Grace in spite of her winning, she explodes in a bloody burst. One by one, the remaining family members explode in bloody messes. Alex pleads for Grace's forgiveness out of cowardice; Grace rejects this, pointing out his selfish behavior and throwing her wedding ring at him, asking for a divorce, and he explodes. As the mansion burns, Grace momentarily sees Le Bail in the fire, nodding in apparent approval of her survival, and realizes the pact was real; she grabs Becky's cigarettes and leaves the house.

As the police arrive, Grace sits on the patio steps, exhausted and relieved, her wedding dress soaked in blood, and smokes a cigarette. When asked by an officer what has occurred, Grace simply utters, "in-laws."

Cast[] Production[] In November 2017, it was announced that and would direct the film, from a screenplay by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. Ready or Not was produced by , , William Sherak, and , while Tara Farney, Tracey Nyberg and executive produced, under their Mythology Entertainment, Vinson Films and production banners, respectively. From August to October 2018, , , , , , and were cast in the film.

began on October 15, 2018, and concluded on November 19, 2018. The 26-day shoot took place at locations around the , area, including , and the , as well as the in , .

Release[] The first trailer was released on June 17, 2019. The film had its world premiere at the on July 27, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 21, 2019.

Ready or Not was released on on November 26, 2019, and on and on December 3. The release includes a 42-minute documentary, an audio commentary with star Samara Weaving, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and executive producer Chad Villella, as well as a photo gallery and a gag reel.

Reception[] Box office[] Ready or Not grossed $28.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $28.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $57.6 million, against a production budget of $6 million.

In the United States and Canada, the film was projected to gross around $6.5 million in its opening weekend and $8–12 million over its five-day opening frame. Playing at 2,818 theaters, it was the widest release in Fox Searchlight's history. It made $1.9 million on its first day, Wednesday, including $730,000 from Tuesday night previews, and $1.1 million on its second. The film went on to debut to $8 million during its opening weekend (and $11 million over its first five days), finishing second on its first two days and sixth for the weekend. It fell just 26% in its second weekend to $5.9 million, finishing fifth.

Critical response[] On review aggregation website , the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 275 reviews, and an average rating of 7.19/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Smart, subversive, and darkly funny, Ready or Not is a crowd-pleasing horror film with giddily entertaining bite." On the film has a score of 64 out of 100, based on reviews from 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at gave it an overall positive score of 71% (including an average 3.5 out of 5 stars) and a 50% "definite recommend."

Peter Debruge wrote in that "This deliciously diabolical sophomore feature, which hails from the resourceful low-budget trio known as Radio Silence, represents a departure for indie distributor Fox Searchlight, which has a real winner on its hands — that rare Get Out-like horror movie capable of delivering superficial diversion alongside deep cultural critique." of called the film "a decadent blast to watch a comic takedown of the rich done with the rude energy of a horror thriller and the courage of its own manic anti-marriage convictions."

Writing for , David Ehrlich describes the film as "wickedly entertaining from start to finish, and painted with enough fresh personality to resolve into something more than the sum of its parts." Leah Greenblatt wrote in , "Come for the crossbows, etc., and to watch Weaving's star be born in real time; stay for the socio-economic lessons and sweet, sweet revenge." David Sims of wrote, "The real fun in Ready or Not comes from the ways it subverts its time-tested story, balancing wry commentary and straightforward horror in its portrait of fumbling arrogance and curdled privilege." Bobby LePire rated the film 10/10 and wrote in that "The acting is incredible, the directing striking and intense, and the screenplay is unbelievably brilliant and funny. I adore every scary and funny second of this movie and highly recommend it to everyone else."

Authors and , as well as horror directors and , all tweeted their enjoyment and approval of the film.

References[] External links[] [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1]Retrieved from "": Hidden categories: Ready or Not (2019) - IMDb

CloseCloseThe trailer for Ready or Not promises a deeply guilty pleasure of a movie: heavy on blood, laughs, and homages to previous, similar horrors. So when I sat down ready for a fun but unambitious good time at the movies, I got that, and so much more. Ready or Not isn't a guilty pleasure; it's not a low-stakes horror-comedy. It's a lovingly-crafted genre film with flawless performances and true care taken in every morbid, hilarious detail. Just because this is a funny, bloody movie, doesn't disqualify it from being a great one.

The first and biggest joy to behold in Ready or Not's stacked arsenal is Samara Weaving, who follows up brilliant, lived-in supporting roles in Mayhem and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with one of the best performances of the year, period. I would call this a star-making role if she weren't, on the evidence of her work, obviously one already.

Weaving plays Grace, a woman who starts the film marrying a perfectly nice boy, Alex (Mark O'Brien), a member of the Le Domas "dominion," a family exceedingly rich off the sales of board and puzzle games. Alongside Alex there's alcoholic brother Daniel (, doing great work), the sweet but mostly inept Emilie (Melanie Scrofano), and her husband Fitch (Kristian Bruun). None of them are totally irredeemable or likable but, hey, that's family. Alex's mother, Becky (a brilliant Andie MacDowell, who spends the majority of this movie smoking and swearing in a Southern accent) coaches Grace on marrying into an intimidatingly wealthy family with genuine warmth, but the sneering Aunt Helene (Nicky Guadagni) seems to be having none of it.

WATCHAnyway, those are the major players in what, as you probably have already surmised, quickly becomes a deadly game. It's a Le Domas tradition, you see, for a new member of the family to play a game at midnight, and Grace picks the "one bad card." Not every marriage turns violent at the compound, just the ones where the "hide and seek" card is drawn. Grace, none the wiser, gamely picks a hiding spot, and the rest of the family loads up on weaponry.

An aside: poor The Hunt, which was singled out as a problematic movie of our time and pulled from release for no good reason, but all the same, Ready or Not's lack of excessive gunplay is refreshing. Not only do better moments result from the antiquated family's use of, say, ancient crossbows or giant battle axes, but the threat is more primal. A bunch of people in tuxedos running around with automatic rifles doesn't have the same deranged thrill to it as MacDowell slinging a bow and arrow at her brand new daughter-in-law. The violence in this film is often played for laughs, and when it isn't, it serves a visceral purpose. No bullet is wasted, no slash is forgotten about. The stakes feel real, and when Weaving slams a nail through her palm as a means of climbing a broken ladder, boy do you feel that.

AdvertisementAs you also might have gleaned, there's a little commentary on class here, but nothing that wants to get in the way of a good time. Grace turns the tables on the Le Domas clan, but nobody is invincible or completely incompetent. As with the real 1%, the threat is real by the very virtue that this is their playing field, their rules, their weapons of choice. When things go south, the rules are bent to accommodate. When things go right, of course they do. It's more than a little bit perversely thrilling to see Weaving knock the lights out of an entitled 12-year-old wearing silk pajamas. The film makes it clear: The rich are people, too, but their choices deserve consequences that are all too often not forthcoming.

Reader: They come forth.

For most of its breezy 95 minutes, Ready or Not unfolds about how you'd expect, with a couple of darker allusions to the reason behind this game relegated to throwaway lines. I didn't much mind the idea of the "game" remaining unexplained, but the eventual reveal is a creative and bold swing with a shrieking, gory payoff that, in most other studio's hands, might have been deemed too out-there.

It's been a slow, kind of disappointing summer at the movies, but Ready or Not is a shot of pure adrenaline into the arm of a lagging season. The script and direction are as pitch-perfect as Weaving, and, plainly, I can't wait to see this film again. Forget being one of the best horror movies of the summer. This is one of the best films of the year.

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READY OR NOT Type of media Film

Approved Running time95m 14s

Release date 27/09/2019

Ratings Info strong bloody violence, gory images

Genre(s) Horror, Thriller

Director(s) Matt Bettinelli-Olpin,Tyler Gillett

Cast includes Samara Weaving, Andie MacDowell, Mark O'Brien, Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Nicky Guadagni

Summary READY OR NOT is a US horror thriller in which a woman marrying into a wealthy family unwittingly enters into a deadly game on her wedding night.

Cut This work was passed uncut.

Ratings info Ratings info publication date 17/09/2019

Note: The following text may contain spoilers

READY OR NOT is a US horror thriller in which a woman marrying into a wealthy family unwittingly enters into a deadly game on her wedding night.

ViolenceStrong bloody violence includes a scene in which a woman bludgeons another woman's head repeatedly with a box, resulting in gory aftermath detail. A crossbow is shot into a woman's mouth and a woman is shot in her eye.

Injury detailThere is a shot of a woman's skin being cut open by railings as she attempts to climb a fence. A woman pushes a nail through her hand to escape from a pit.

There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'bitch',' whore', 'dick', 'son-of-a-bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'bullshit', 'hell', 'goddamn', 'ass', 'Jesus', 'God' and 'Christ'. A scene of drug misuse shows a woman snorting cocaine. There are also several drug references and scenes of strong threat which show a woman trying to hide and escape from armed people.

Details Title READY OR NOT Year2019 Distributor(s) 20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd Classified date(s) 18/07/2019 Main language English Submitted run time 95m 14s Approved footage 8571+0 BBFC reference BFF375575 Registration number CFJ48143 Related work Trailer Title Type Runtime Cut Distributor Date Certificate FilmTrailer 2m 0s 20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd 09/07/2019 15 VideoTrailer 2m 18s Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. 23/12/2019 18 Feature Title Type Runtime Cut Distributor Date Certificate Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.,20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd 13/12/2019 29 Video 91m 25s Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. 13/12/2019 18 Video 91m 25s Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. 13/12/2019 18 Video 91m 25s Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. 13/12/2019 18 VAM Title Type Runtime Cut Distributor Date Certificate Video 3m 54s Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. 13/12/2019 15 Video 0m 0s Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. 13/12/2019 15 Video 0m 0s Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. 13/12/2019 U Video 40m 42s Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. 13/12/2019 18 Share this!

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