Ready Player One

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Ready Player One

PG-13

Released Mar 29, 2018

2h 20m

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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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

812filmreviews

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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Justin Kim

Loud and Clear Reviews

Ready Player One is perfectly entertaining and enticing, but the sum of its parts ends up significantly less realized than its full potential.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 24, 2024

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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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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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Audience Member

I just didn't like it. It felt weak. It relied way too much on special effects and pop culture, the plot felt dull and predictable, the characters just weren't memorable and it went for way too long. A dull blockbuster...

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Ben B

Best movie ever love it like the book

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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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
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Donald De Line, Dan Farah, Kristie Macosko Krieger
Screenwriter: Ernest Cline, Zak Penn
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros., Amblin Entertainment, De Line Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment
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
Runtime: 2h 20m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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