Overview
A bride's wedding night turns into a deadly game of survival against her new in-laws.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- irreverent
- frantic
- suspenseful
- halloween night
- group horror viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a sharply entertaining horror-comedy that combines frantic genre thrills with satire of wealth, privilege, and family tradition.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The wealthy Le Domas dynasty treats murderous family tradition as a mechanism for preserving status and social belonging.
Grace's wedding-night hide-and-seek game turns a marriage custom into a coordinated pursuit through the family estate.
The film repeatedly balances absurd family behavior and sharp jokes against bloody deaths and survival-horror peril.
The aristocratic family's ornate estate becomes the setting for crossbows, traps, frantic escapes, and escalating gore.
Films like Ready or Not, and why
The Menu
black comedy horror, class satire, and a protagonist hunted by a privileged family
Get Out
social horror, wealth critique, and escalating survival tension beneath darkly comic genre conventions
You're Next
contained horror thriller, grotesque violence, and a family-centered survival premise
The Hunt
playful but brutal horror-comedy built around deadly games and escalating set pieces
Movie Details
- Directors
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
- Release Date
- 2019-08-21
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (5909)
Cast
- Samara Weaving
- Adam Brody
- Mark O'Brien
- Henry Czerny
- Andie MacDowell
- Melanie Scrofano
- Kristian Bruun
- Elyse Levesque
- Nicky Guadagni
- John Ralston
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ready or Not about?
- A newlywed fights for survival when her rich in-laws transform a wedding-night tradition into a deadly hunt.
- What is Ready or Not like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ready or Not as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Ready or Not violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Ready or Not as graphic.
- What did critics think of Ready or Not?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a sharply entertaining horror-comedy that combines frantic genre thrills with satire of wealth, privilege, and family tradition.
- Which films are like Ready or Not?
- Films with a similar feel include The Menu, Get Out, You're Next, and The Hunt.
- How long is Ready or Not?
- Ready or Not runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ready or Not?
- In United States, Ready or Not streams on Netflix, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow, Netflix Standard with Ads.
