Ready or Not (2019 film)

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|89|7.2|324|Smart, subversive, and darkly funny, ''Ready or Not'' is a crowd-pleasing horror film with giddily entertaining bite.|ref=yes|access-date=2025-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401082143/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_or_not_2019|archive-date=April 1, 2023|url-status=live}} {{Metacritic film prose|64|39|ref=yes|access-date=July 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702074133/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ready-or-not|archive-date=July 2, 2023|url-status=live}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at [[PostTrak]] gave it an overall positive score of 71% (including an average 3.5 out of 5 stars) and a 50% "definite recommend".

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|89|7.2|324|Smart, subversive, and darkly funny, ''Ready or Not'' is a crowd-pleasing horror film with giddily entertaining bite.|ref=yes|access-date=2025-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401082143/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_or_not_2019|archive-date=April 1, 2023|url-status=live}} {{Metacritic film prose|64|39|ref=yes|access-date=July 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702074133/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ready-or-not|archive-date=July 2, 2023|url-status=live}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at [[PostTrak]] 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 ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' 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."{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/ready-or-not-review-1203301843/|title=Film Review: 'Ready or Not'|work=Variety|first=Peter|last=Debruge|date=August 13, 2019|access-date=August 13, 2019}} [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' 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."{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Travers |date=August 22, 2019 |title='Ready or Not Review: Here Kills the Bride' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/ready-or-not-review-874302/ |access-date=August 22, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}

Peter Debruge wrote in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' 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."{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/ready-or-not-review-1203301843/|title=Film Review: 'Ready or Not'|work=Variety|first=Peter|last=Debruge|date=August 13, 2019|access-date=August 13, 2019}} [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' 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."{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Travers |date=August 22, 2019 |title='Ready or Not Review: Here Kills the Bride' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/ready-or-not-review-874302/ |access-date=August 22, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}

Writing for ''[[IndieWire]]'', [[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."{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/08/ready-or-not-review-1202165787/|title=Ready or Not Review|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=David|last=Ehrlich|date=August 14, 2019|access-date=August 14, 2019}} Leah Greenblatt wrote in ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', "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."{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movie-reviews/2019/08/20/ready-or-not-movie-review/|title='Ready or Not offers splattery black comedy with real socio-political bite'|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Leah|last=Greenblatt|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2019}} David Sims of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' 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."{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/ready-or-not-movie-review/596428/|title='Ready or Not Is a Clever Horror Comedy About Entitled Rich People'|work=[[The Atlantic]]|first=David|last=Sims|date=August 22, 2019|access-date=August 22, 2019}} Bobby LePire rated the film 10/10 and wrote in ''[[Film Threat]]'' 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."{{cite web|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/ready-or-not/|title='Ready or Not'|website=[[Film Threat]]|first=Bobby|last=LePire|date=August 26, 2019|access-date=August 26, 2019}}

Writing for ''[[IndieWire]]'', [[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."{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/08/ready-or-not-review-1202165787/|title=Ready or Not Review|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=David|last=Ehrlich|date=August 14, 2019|access-date=August 14, 2019}} Leah Greenblatt wrote in ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', "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."{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movie-reviews/2019/08/20/ready-or-not-movie-review/|title='Ready or Not offers splattery black comedy with real socio-political bite'|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Leah|last=Greenblatt|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2019}} David Sims of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' 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."{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/ready-or-not-movie-review/596428/|title='Ready or Not Is a Clever Horror Comedy About Entitled Rich People'|work=[[The Atlantic]]|first=David|last=Sims|date=August 22, 2019|access-date=August 22, 2019}} Bobby LePire rated the film 10/10 and wrote in ''[[Film Threat]]'' 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."{{cite web|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/ready-or-not/|title='Ready or Not'|website=[[Film Threat]]|first=Bobby|last=LePire|date=August 26, 2019|access-date=August 26, 2019}}