Film Review: ‘Ready or Not’

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ReadyOrNot is a 'deliciously diabolical' film that provides some 'superficial diversion alongside deep cultural critique.' Read our review of the 'ultimate wedding nightmare' ahead of its weekend release:

A word of warning: Searchlight’s red-band trailer effectively suggests the tone but gives away many of the film’s surprises, so go in blind if you’re sensitive to spoilers.” concerns a high-stakes game of Hide and Seek, in which a clan of ultra-rich and extremely unscrupulous bluebloods gang up to find — although “hunt” would be the better word — the newest addition to their old-money dynasty.

Opening with the same slick, story-serving showmanship that will drive the rest of their plot, co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have already hinted at how lethal Hide and Seek can be in the movie’s unsettling prologue. Now, as Grace obliviously searches for some corner of the spooky house where a woman in full wedding dress can plausibly disappear, they start to reveal just how seriously the family takes its sport.

It takes Grace a bit of time to figure out the rules, but with the help of her husband — who jeopardizes his own fate by assisting her — and a couple of close calls, she realizes what she’s up against. In someone else’s hands, Grace might have become a natural-born killer, although screenwriters Guy Busick and R.

 

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