Ready Player One (2018)

Ready Player One rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 541K votes

Rotten Tomatoes71%

Metacritic64%

TMDb7.586/10· 17K votes

With 71% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 64/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Ready Player One

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

Cast of Ready Player One

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  Tye Sheridan

  as Parzival / Wade

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  Olivia Cooke

  as Art3mis / Samantha

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  Ben Mendelsohn

  as Sorrento

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  Lena Waithe

  as Aech / Helen

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  T.J. Miller

  as I-R0k (voice)

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  Simon Pegg

  as Curator / Ogden Morrow

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  Mark Rylance

  as Anorak / Halliday

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  Philip Zhao

  as Sho

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  Win Morisaki

  as Daito

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  Hannah John-Kamen

  as F'Nale Zandor

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  Ralph Ineson

  as Rick

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  Susan Lynch

  as Alice

Ready Player One facts

Budget

$175M

Box office

$607.3M

Our take on Ready Player One

Steven Spielberg directs this 2018 science-fiction adventure in which the death of the creator of a hugely popular video-game system sets off a virtual contest, with players competing across his digital world for control of his fortune. The premise gives Spielberg room for large-scale action inside a game-driven universe, blending real-world stakes with a race through virtual space. It suits viewers who enjoy effects-heavy adventure and stories built around gaming culture and hidden challenges. If you want spectacle-forward science fiction with a treasure-hunt structure and a nostalgic streak, this delivers a busy, propulsive ride. Those who prefer character-driven or restrained storytelling may find it more sensation than substance.