Ready Player One
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Release Date: March 29th, 2018

DVD Release Date: July 24th, 2018

PG-13 |2 hr 20 min

Plot Summary

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.

Cast: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Philip Zhao

Director: Steven Spielberg

Genres: Action , Fantasy , Science fiction , Adventure

Production Co: Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros., Amblin Entertainment, De Line Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures

Keywords: Amusing , Rivalry , Pursuit , Mystery , Underdog , Transformation , Cheeky , Offbeat , Passionate

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  • 50
    Inkoo KangSlate

    Ready Player One has no obligation to be a rigorous intellectual exercise, even if it amounts to a wasted opportunity to explore who else might steer tech, and society, toward greater equity. But it doesn’t have to be so facile, either. Maybe next time the screenwriters shouldn’t set the difficulty mode to “easy.” show more

  • 80
    John DeForeThe Hollywood Reporter

    A rollicking adventure through worlds both bleak and fantastic, Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One makes big changes to the specifics and structure of Ernest Cline's best-selling novel but keeps the spirit and level-up thrills intact. show more

  • 60
    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    It misses the point to ask, as some have recently, whether he’s still able to have fun at the age and status he has attained. Sure he is. He must have had great fun making this immense Tinker Toy of a movie, but there’s a fundamental mismatch between artist and material. show more

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