Ready or Not - Movie Reviews (2024)

Darkly funny, delightfully absurd, and shockingly gory, Ready or Not takes viewers on a thoroughly entertaining ride while commenting on privilege, class, and marriage.

Full Review | Aug 7, 2024

…a super-smart B movie that offers a dark, splattery note on the margins of society’s growing divisions….

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 18, 2024

The set up of Ready Or Not sounds clunky, and it kind of is. The execution though, is peerless.

Full Review | Feb 13, 2024

As a kind of grown-up Clue in reverse, complete with the tribute appearance of a pepper-box revolver, Ready or Not also lays out a motley assortment of Colonel Mustard and Mrs. Peacock-worthy opponents hell-bent on dispatching Grace prior to sun-up.

Full Review | Nov 8, 2023

Ready or Not accomplishes exactly what it set out to do. It delivers a fun, entertaining 90-minute hide-and-seek game as we’ve never seen before.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jul 24, 2023

A beautiful and fun exercise of cat and mouse. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Apr 11, 2023

A vein of social commentary on class and marriage runs through the cat-and-mouse hunt before building to a cathartic ending.

Full Review | Mar 31, 2023

Ready or Not is another solid film for 2019. It’s secured a place in my top five of the year and probably will stay somewhere around there.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Mar 8, 2023

While much horror of late is thin allegory for the political landscape or the class divide, the wealthy doofuses in this film don't represent anything or anyone more than the backdrop to an enjoyable and rewatchable fright-lite.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 12, 2022

Ready or Not brings a new twist to the familiar story of trying to impress your soon-to-be in-laws by combining horror, mystery, and a little bit classic screwball comedy

Full Review | Mar 8, 2022

Ready Or Not blends horror and comedy effortlessly to give the audience a great viewing experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 26, 2022

It's the kind of low-budget, bound-for-cult-glory movie whose eccentricities will grow on you with repeated viewings.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 26, 2022

A darkly hilarious new entry in the ever-expanding cinema of discontent inspired by the one percenters and Donald Trump.

Full Review | Feb 13, 2022

The gorier, gushier, nastier cousin to Knives Out...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 11, 2022

Episode 48: Ready or Not / It Chapter Two / Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Full Review | Original Score: 82/100 | Oct 18, 2021

The intrigue propels you more than the execution of the concept... but I think if you go see this one a good time will be had by all.

Full Review | Sep 29, 2021

Witty, with enough twists and shocks to keep it interesting, Ready or Not has the same class warfare foundation that made Get Out and Parasite so oddly satisfying.

Full Review | Jul 29, 2021

Once the story finds its feet this is an entertaining back-and-forth blend of horror and comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 24, 2021

It's not trying to reinvent the wheel or subvert any kind of genre expectations, but it's still a hell of a gory and entertaining ride.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5 / 5 | Jun 25, 2021

There are only so many clever gags the filmmakers can include before it becomes obvious they're trying to cover up holes of their own making.

Full Review | Feb 18, 2021