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Cinematography | Brett Jutkiewicz |
Edited by | Terel Gibson |
Music by | Brian Tyler |
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Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million [1] |
Box office | $57.6 million [2] |
Ready or Not is a 2019 American comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It stars Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Elyse Levesque, Nicky Guadagni, Henry Czerny, and Andie MacDowell. It follows a young bride who is hunted by her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual to worship the Devil.
Preparations began in November 2017 when Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett, members of the filmmaking collective Radio Silence, were hired as directors, with Busick and Murphy attached to write the screenplay. After setting an initial release date, casting occurred from August to October 2018. Principal photography began later that month and concluded in November, in locations in and around Toronto, Canada and the surrounding Ontario area. Brian Tyler was hired to compose and conduct the film's score, marking his first collaboration with Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett.
Ready or Not premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 27, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 21, 2019, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed $57.6 million worldwide against a $6 million budget. It was nominated for Best Horror Film at the 46th Saturn Awards. A sequel is in development.
As a child, Daniel le Domas is confronted in his family's mansion by Charles, a wounded man who begs him for help. Instead, Daniel alerts his family, who arrive in ceremonial masks and robes. Despite his bride Helene's pleas, Charles is shot with a speargun and dragged away into a locked room.
Thirty years later, Daniel's brother Alex, the estranged son of the owners of the successful Le Domas Family Games company, is set to marry Grace, a former foster child. On Alex and Grace’s wedding day, she meets the le Domases: Daniel and his wife Charity; Alex's cocaine-addicted sister Emilie, her husband Fitch, and their young sons Georgie and Gabe; Alex's Aunt Helene, and his parents Tony and Becky. After the ceremony, Tony explains that his ancestor Victor le Domas made a deal with someone named "le Bail" to build the Le Domas fortune in exchange for the family observing a tradition: at midnight on their wedding day, every new member draws a game card from Le Bail's puzzle box. Grace draws "Hide-and-Seek". Believing it to be a harmless game, Grace goes to hide herself as the Le Domases each receive a weapon. Alex finds Grace, who witnesses Emilie accidentally kill a maid whom she mistakes for Grace.
Alex reveals that his family is cursed: if the new member draws the Hide-and-Seek card, the rest of the family has to find and ritually sacrifice them before dawn or they die instead. The game was last played by Helene's husband, Charles. With the mansion locked down, Alex disables the security system to allow Grace to escape. She is discovered by Daniel, who is disillusioned with his family and gives her a head start before alerting the others; in the chaos, Emilie accidentally kills another maid. Grace's escape is blocked by the family butler, Stevens. She, in turn, splatters the hot tea he was preparing on his face and runs away. Alex is restrained by Daniel and Tony after he attacks the latter. Grace is seen by a third maid who accidentally crushes herself in a dumbwaiter while yelling for the family.
Grace runs to the goatshed where Georgie shoots her in the hand. She knocks him out but is startled by a goat and falls into a pit filled with the corpses of the Le Domases' previous sacrifices, including that of Charles. She escapes and makes it through the front gate. Grace is pursued into the forest by Stevens. She fights Stevens off but is eventually captured by him. As he is driving Grace back to the house, she awakens and attacks Stevens, causing the car to crash and kill him. Daniel, near the crash, captures Grace after realizing that his father is secretly watching.
The Le Domases prepare to complete the ritual sacrifice. However, they are incapacitated after Daniel poisoned them with a non-lethal dose of hydrochloric acid in the ritual cup. Charity shoots Daniel in the neck after he attempts to protect Grace, leaving him to bleed to death as Grace runs away. In the ongoing chaos, the mansion is set on fire, and Grace is attacked by Becky, whom she beats to death with Le Bail's box.
Alex escapes his restraints and goes to find Grace, but witnesses her attacking his mother. Grace pulls away from Alex, who after realizing that she will never trust him and will almost certainly leave him once she escapes, subdues her to complete the ritual. Grace breaks free from the ritual table just as the sun rises. Despite Grace having won the game, Helene attempts to attack her anyway but explodes midstride, a consequence of the curse. The rest of the family explode one by one, leaving only Alex, who tries to convince Grace to forgive him. She refuses and tosses her ring back, declaring she wants a divorce; Alex then succumbs to the curse and explodes. Le Bail briefly shows himself to Grace and nods in approval.
The sole survivor of the night, Grace walks out of the burning manor just as the police arrive. Upon asking her what happened, she simply replies "in-laws".
In November 2017, it was announced that Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett would direct the film, from a screenplay by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. Ready or Not was produced by Tripp Vinson, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, and Bradley J. Fischer. Tara Farney, Tracey Nyberg and Chad Villella executive-produced, under their Mythology Entertainment and Vinson Films production banners, respectively. From August to October 2018, Samara Weaving, [3] Andie MacDowell, [4] Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Melanie Scrofano, Henry Czerny and Elyse Levesque were cast. [5] [6]
Principal photography was from October 15, 2018 to November 19, 2018 at locations in the Toronto area, including Casa Loma, Sunnybrook Park, the Claireville Conservation Area, and the Parkwood Estate in Oshawa, Ontario. [7]
The film had its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 27, 2019, [8] and was theatrically released in the United States on August 21, 2019. [9] Ready or Not was released on Digital HD on November 26, 2019, and on DVD and Blu-ray on December 3. [10] The release includes a 42-minute making-of 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. [11]
Ready or Not grossed $28,714,231 in the United States and Canada, and $28,901,546 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $57,615,777. [2]
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. [12] [13] 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. [14] It fell just 26% in its second weekend to $5.9 million, finishing fifth. [15]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 89% of 323 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10.The website's consensus reads: "Smart, subversive, and darkly funny, Ready or Not is a crowd-pleasing horror film with giddily entertaining bite." [16] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [17] 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". [14]
Peter Debruge wrote in 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." [18] 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." [19]
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." [20] 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." [21] 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." [22] 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." [23]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Fright Meter Awards | Best Horror Movie | Ready or Not | Nominated | [ citation needed ] |
Best Actress | Samara Weaving | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Adam Brody | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Andie MacDowell | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Guy Busick R. Christopher Murphy | Won | |||
Best Score | Brian Tyler | Nominated | |||
Best Costume Design | Avery Plewes | Nominated | |||
Clio Entertainment Awards | Theatrical: Trailers | Ready or Not | Won | ||
Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Horror Movie of the Year | Nominated | |||
Biggest Surprise of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Best T&A of the Year | Samara Weaving | Nominated | |||
IGN Summer Movie Awards | Best Lead Performer in a Movie | Nominated | |||
Best Horror Movie | Ready or Not | Nominated | |||
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | Best Horror Film | Nominated | |||
2020 | Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards | Best Horror Film | Nominated | ||
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Wide Release | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Samara Weaving | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Guy Busick R. Christopher Murphy | Nominated | |||
Directors Guild of Canada Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Film | Adam Stein Joe Bracciale Kevin Banks Rose Gregoris | Nominated | ||
CAFTCAD Awards | Best Costume Design in Film Contemporary | Avery Plewes Heather Crepp Joey Watson Alex Kavanagh | Won | ||
Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards | Best Horror Film | Ready or Not | Nominated | ||
Columbus Film Critics Association Awards | Best Overlooked Film | 2nd Place | |||
Music City Film Critics Association Awards | Best Horror Film | Nominated | |||
2021 | Saturn Awards | Best Horror Film | Nominated | ||
Golden Trailer Awards | Most Original Trailer | Nominated | |||
Best Horror/Thriller TrailerByte for a Feature Film | Nominated | ||||
Best BTS/EPK for a Feature Film (Under 2 minutes) | Nominated | ||||
In March 2024, it was reported that a sequel was in development with Adam Robitel in early negotiations to serve as director. [24] By September, Weaving confirmed ongoing discussions for her to reprise the lead role in a sequel. [25] In October, the sequel was officially in development, with Weaving on board to star and Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett returning to direct. [26]
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