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Ready Player One

PG-13

Released Mar 29, 2018

2 hr. 20 min.

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

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In 2045, the planet is on the brink of chaos and collapse, but people find salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he promises his immense fortune to the first person to discover a digital Easter egg that's hidden somewhere in the OASIS. When young Wade Watts joins the contest, he finds himself becoming an unlikely hero in a reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical world of mystery, discovery and danger.

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Critics Consensus

Ready Player One is a sweetly nostalgic thrill ride that neatly encapsulates Spielberg's strengths while adding another solidly engrossing adventure to his filmography.

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Patrick

The 70MM was excellent. I already liked the film but seeing it again in this way was a dream, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. :)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/11/23

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Tyler

I was entertained but that's where my review stops unfortunately.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/11/23

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Scott J

loved everything part of the movie and a great adaptation to the book!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/05/23

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Nick G Nick G.

A fun movie to watch, but feels long and missing something.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/13/21

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John J

Visually appealing, but if you loved the book this isn't it. The characters go from being independent bad asses competing towards a goal to parzival fanboys. The deep knowledge of the hunt goes from, what was the name of the developer on his favorite game that got canned to what's his favorite food.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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Ian G

One of the least interesting movies I've watched. The most enjoyable parts of the movie are the scenes with I-r0k, who I think is the character who feels the most natural in the setting. He is a genuinely entertaining and sympathetic character. I have two primary criticisms. The first is that the character of Wade Watts sucks. He claims to love the OASIS, but once he gets a girlfriend and inherits a bunch of money he decides to shut it down for EVERYONE on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Imagine being someone who is reliant on the OASIS for your livelihood and the owner decides to restrict your access because they think you should spend more time outside. Wade Watts is a hypocrite and needs therapy. The second criticism is that the OASIS sucks. The concept of a "metaverse" as a product/service primarily appeals to grifters and suckers, and the OASIS feels like a bottom of the barrel Metaverse only being kept alive by IP licensing deals. The OASIS is so chock full of references that it was difficult for me to find any original content that had any significance. The popularity of the OASIS implies that the people of the world only care about sign value. Ready Player One is the book/movie equivalent of a McDonald's Happy Meal promotional toy. The IP it references only serves to increase marketing appeal while distracting from the fundamentally poor value of the product.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Heather Hogan

Autostraddle

A heckin fun movie, full of stunning action sequences and laughs and winks at the kids who grew up watching Back to the Future and Jurassic Park and E.T. and Indiana Jones.

Aug 27, 2021

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Robert Daniels

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It's pure entertainment, and gives Spielberg an easel to prop his sentimental painting on, and all the colors on his palette to do so.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 27, 2018

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

For all its ferocious energy, Ready Player One strikes me as the product of a cinema of exhaustion-it's a film about having come too far and being at the end of something, where extraordinary things no longer mean much, or have become toxic.

Apr 5, 2018

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Maia Rose

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

While the first half of [Ready Player One] is all trivia is the superior form of geekdom and awkward geekboy somehow managing to get the geekgirl interested the second half shows how you can form real communities online.

Rated: 5/10

Jan 21, 2023

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

Steven Spielberg delivers the ultimate expression of why we digest media, and possibly a glimpse into a world we could all be heading towards.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 3, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

With Ready Player One, you can feel director Steven Spielberg pushing to reclaim his status as Hollywood's crowned head of spectacle as he pours his considerable talent into another memorable science-fiction fantasy.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 14, 2022

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Synopsis

In 2045, the planet is on the brink of chaos and collapse, but people find salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he promises his immense fortune to the first person to discover a digital Easter egg that's hidden somewhere in the OASIS. When young Wade Watts joins the contest, he finds himself becoming an unlikely hero in a reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical world of mystery, discovery and danger.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer: Bruce Berman, Christopher DeFaria, Daniel Lupi, Adam Somner
Screenwriter: Ernest Cline, Zak Penn
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, De Line Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Bloody Images|Partial Nudity|Sci-Fi Action Violence|Some Suggestive Material)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 29, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 5, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $137.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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