Ready Player One
2018 · Movie · PG-13 · 140 min · ★ 7.6 · 68% critics
After the creator of a popular video game system dies, a high-stakes contest is launched inside a virtual world. Players compete to uncover a special prize that could grant control of the online future.
Based on Ready Player One
Also known as Player One · Ready.Player.One
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Streaming on HBO Max.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-03-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (16,968 votes)
- Box office
- $582,890,172
- Budget
- $175,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you love pop-culture nostalgia and gaming-style adventures in a virtual world, and don’t mind the senses getting crowded; Not for you if you dislike heavy Easter eggs or prefer more subtle storytelling like The Hunger Games: Catching Fire or Free Guy.
Pros: thrilling arcade nostalgia; high-energy action; lots of easter eggs | Cons: sometimes drags; references may overwhelm; story can feel thin
Themes
- future
- based on novel or book
- video game
- virtual reality
- dystopia
- nostalgia
- love
- film in film
- evil corporation
- quest
- 1980s
- 2040s
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Tye Sheridan
as Parzival / Wade
Olivia Cooke
as Art3mis / Samantha
Ben Mendelsohn
as Sorrento
Lena Waithe
as Aech / Helen
T.J. Miller
as I-R0k (voice)
Simon Pegg
as Curator / Ogden Morrow
Mark Rylance
as Anorak / Halliday
Philip Zhao
as Sho
Win Morisaki
as Daito
Hannah John-Kamen
as F'Nale Zandor
Directed by Steven Spielberg