Chris Stuckmann reviews Ready or Not, starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett.
gosh, the end of this movie was AMAZING. but i really loved how that one cop didn’t quickly assume she killed everyone, and that she was the cause of the fire
I’ve seen the movie and I think I know what Chris is when he says character change their motivations and I actually disagree with him. Spoilers: Unless there is someone I forgot I’m pretty sure he is talking about the groom and the brother. The brother had a change of heart when he saw the dumb women praise her kid for shooting Grace. He realized this cycle with never end and he has to be the one to stop it. He even says so later, something like “I always thought someone was going to end this. I didn’t think it would have to be me.” The groom also had a conversation with his mother where she basically said that she knows in the end he will pick her over Grace. The reason he turns on Grace in the end is because she killed his mom, proving the mother right. The motivation for these characters twists is hinted at.
It's not that just she killed his mother but also when he asked her if she's gonna be with him after all of this, she kinda didn't answer so he realized that if he can't have her, no one will. It's like he viewed her as someone that SHOULD be on his side (as Dead Meat Podcast quote it) like a piece to him instead of a living human being.He's the type of person who thinks of Grace as a possession.Although he acts "good" at the first half/ second half of the movie, there's still hints about his true nature such as him not telling Grace before the wedding about what's gonna happen when in fact, his brother, Daniel did tell his wife about the consequences even before they got married; him saying to Grace that if they didn't go the wedding through his family, they would've died (because he said that some of his family members died shortly after the wedding). Plus when his mother talked to him about knowing Grace, we were hinted that in the back of his mind lies his very evil nature. We saw that when he said that when he killed the goat, it felt normal to him. It's probably because of the way his mother praised himm and Daniel even though they've done evil acts which is mirrored when the cokehead sister told her son Georgie that she's proud of him when he shot Grace.
To be honest, I think you're correct that this is the motivation the filmmakers are trying to show you on screen. However, I think that the subtext of the movie is actually about classism. The Le Domas family could be seen as a metaphor for the upper class in general. If someone wants to marry in (upward social mobility) they need to do it on the family's terms, according to the rules THEY set. Sometimes this means being hunted for sport and sacrificed. They believe that hierarchy is the natural order, and therefore whoever is on top of that hierarchy MUST be there for a reason, and therefore all of the problems this causes is a result of certain people within the hierarchy not being where they're supposed to be. Somebody didn't follow the rules; somebody cut in line. Even the people who married into the family grow to believe this, and they ultimately accept the traditions that the Le Domas' use as barriers to entry because allowing just anyone to join the upper class could spell doom for them all. Nothing is worse than the possibility of moving DOWN the food chain. Grace is a metaphor for the working class. She isn't interested in the family's fortune; she doesn't want to go on murder rampage; she just wants to survive and escape. For the most part, she doesn't kill anybody except for the mother and maybe the butler (another member of the working class, pitted against one of their own). Most of the people who die up until the end are domestics that the family accidentally kills through their own ineptitude. Alex is a metaphor for capitalism. Grace thinks they're in loving relationship in the beginning, but ultimately he betrays her in favor of the upper class. Why? Well sure she killed mommy, but that wasn't his actual reason. She circumvented the hierarchy on her own terms and survived despite the odds; she broke the rules; she cut in line - and for that, she had to die because she's upsetting the natural order. When he says: "you're not going to want to be with me anymore after this, are you?" it's essentially capitalism saying to the working class: "Now that you've seen how we play the game, you're not going to cook our food, or run our factories, or buy our products anymore, are you?"
I thought it was pretty obvious in the beginning that the brother was gonna have a change of heart when they bumped into each other but did not kill Grace and instead grabbed a drink and gave her a headstart. I'm disappointed in Stuckman he didn't sensed this.
I like Samara Weaving the in Babysitter as well. She's becoming quite the final girl. She beautiful, but she doesn't play into that, which makes her a lot more interesting to watch as an actress.
@@miniciominiciominicio What in the heck are going on about? I said she was a talented actress who does not rely primarily on her looks for her appeal. What exactly is the problem here?
@@AllgoodthingsTv - Those 178 likes were from people who forgave your ignorance of language. Oh, and your likes were not for a reply, they were for the original comment. Your replies got zero thumbs.
I know that it’ll be buried in the comments but I want to Acknowledge Chris for giving valid constructive criticism to movies instead of biased opinions based on what the public says, keep doing what you’re doing man 🔥
Seventeen different versions of Grace's wedding dress were created by costume designer Avery Plewes to show the progress of Grace's night and how her clothes correspond to her attitude. During rehearsals a producer was accidentally stabbed with a prop knife, wielded by Adam Brody. Brody was playing around and thought the knife was retractable. The producer received 8 stitches to his shoulder, returning to the set later that day. Despite appearing as an American in many of her film roles, Samara Weaving is Australian. With the exception of Grace, Daniel and Becky, the rest of the Le Domas including Fitch and the butler Stevens were played by Canadians. They had to teach Samara Weaving how to drive, or at least how to look like she's driving. The nail that goes through Grace's hand is CG, and they were worried about selling it until they watched Weaving's performance. The MPAA requested they translate the Latin used during the sacrificial ceremony so they could properly rate the film. The names Le Domas and Le Bail are anagrams of Asmodel and Belial of the Ars Goetia, respectively. The very end resembles the end of Heathers (1988) The fight between Grace and Becky was filmed on the first day of shooting, and Weaving accidentally struck her with the prop brick. "We all thought she was going to walk away." In this film, Samara Weaving plays someone running from devil worshipers who wish to sacrifice her. This is a reversal of her role in The Babysitter (2017) where she played a devil worshiper hunting someone to sacrifice At 48 mins.) The insert of the dumbwaiter gears, is actually gears from London's Big Ben clock tower. BODY COUNT: 15 (Charles, Clara, Tina, Dora, Stevens, Daniel, Becky, Aunt Helene, Fitch, Charity, Emilie, Gabe, Georgie, Tony, Alex).
I randomly went to watch this with a friend and it was a super delight. The audience had a blast and We laughed and also grimaced with the violence. Totally recommend this especially in a time where everything is so generic.
“A demented ‘Clue.’” Should be interesting to see how this stacks up against Knives Out later this year, which could easily also be described the same way.
@@markec123 Dude, Parasite stomps essentially all modern Hollywood films except for Moonlight quality-wise. Ladybird was mediocre at best compared to Parasite
Spoiler alert: IMO the characters are really good, even if they are on the stereotype side. Most of their emotion (except the husband ALEX, who has shit development) were what you would expect. ) And the humors were real good, just when you expect something to happen they turned it around, and a lot of them actually a subvert on audience expectations, like when the golddigger fires a crossbow, she shoots way off mark because, duh, it's an ancient crossbow and she never used one before. There's also the security camera thing where the father bent the rule allowing security camera because "if grandfather had CCTV they would definitely be using them". What I'm disappointed is the husband(Alex) arc, he turned bad in the end, but it was not clearly explained(the movie made two lines, one about he could saw the devil, the other about he performed satanic rituals, and that's it). The weakest part is probably close to the end where she got out of the house and was trying to escape from the establishment. It was the weakest IMO because it involves a bit uncessary Gore (one is hand on a nail, the other is skin sliced open on the fence), and how the butler is able to track her down inside the woods, and how everyone else could track them down is not explained(on car GPS o guess?) The movie has a lot of subtle hints towards character traits, like how the family members whoo never been a part of the ritual were nervous in hunting the bride down, how the aunt was the most devoted one cause her husband drew the death card, the host tried to keep the old rules because "it was a tradition", how Daniel was actually a coward with a kind heart, which also connects with why he married to a gold digger who, despite Daniel told her the possibility of dying in the ritual, didn't even hesitate. The movie is a lot better if you view it as a black comedy than a thriller/horror, it works the strongest when you just expect people to have gruesome misfortune while having the bride kicking some ass then it's a enjoyable.
I just finished watching the movie. (Spoilers) And I must say it was a decent horror movie. It's pretty formulaic in some ways but has moments that are genuinely scary/intense. With a premise that is unique, It keeps you on the edge of your seat for most of the run-time. Always hoping the family won't kill her. There was one scene in particular that had me very engaged and physically reacting. When she's climbing out of a hole and got her hand stuck on that nail you can feel her pain. The main character (Grace) does a good job of emoting and you start to like her and want her to survive. The whole cast gives decent performances for the most part. Grace also seems to have a boner for cursing a lot which I found endearing. Now to get into what I didn't like about this movie. Firstly, I don't think it would be a classic horror movie, if there weren't some parts that just were kinda unbelievable. So I'm not judging too harshly for some of these. For starters, the main character seems to just be oblivious to guns. For example, when the first girl shot and missed Grace by shooting another girl and then drops the gun. Instead of running past and grabbing the gun, Grace just runs past her. You could say she was just too afraid to grab it that time. But then another time a boy drops a gun after shooting Grace in the hand and she doesn't bother to even pick it up. Next, after she strangles the butler guy in the field, Grace had another clear opportunity to pick up his gun and get in the car, but again she just gets in the car. Then there is the moment when she initially met with her husband and he was explaining to her everything that would soon to be happening that night, she starts screaming like a stupid asshole. Then again once she makes it out of the fence. As soon as the first car doesn't stop for her she goes on this almost minute long, loud, curse fest rant about how that guy is an asshole for not stopping. When a normal person who wants to survive would have just shut up and kept running to put as much distance between her and the other people in the house. Another part that irritated me was the ceremony. Like the entire night everyone was shooting around blindly not concerned whether they killed her or not. Then once the husbands brother actually knocks Grace out and the father comes, the father doesn't immediately shoot her. Instead, now there is this whole ceremony thing that they have to do, I guess that requires her to be alive. Then there was a part early on in the movie where the father says something like "She's killing all our people" which didn't make sense. Because the 2/3 people that were dead at that time were caused by the other girl who accidentally killed them. At that point Grace had only killed 1 person. And the ending. I guess the writers did kind of a good job of subverting my expectations. I really believed that the husband was faking being part of the family again just to break his wife out. But the real ending feels almost un-earned. For him to immediately switch to his families side like that. Like his brother and mom just died and I get that should make him sad and maybe rethink some things. But to go from trying to save her the majority of the movie, to trying to murder her in the last act is kinda fucked. And you could say it was because of the one line of dialogue his mother had with him that prompted his change. But that would be dumb so don't say that. Another dumb ass thing about this movie. They cuffed the husband around a fucking bed post. Any man with average strength would have been able to break that damn thing with ease. But nope they just had him slowly chisel his way out with the handcuffs. I also almost wish they had made the movie a little longer just so they could add a little more interaction within the family. I feel like we didn't get to care about some of the deaths because we didn't spend much time getting to know them. I seriously don't remember anyone's names. Overall a solid C/C- grade of a movie. Wouldn't watch again sober and maybe not even if I was high.
"The major theme of the film is how the rich are just really different." It sounds like this movie would make a great double feature with Brian Yuzna's "Society". .
Emery Morgan More like the execution was like Your Next with the dark comedy aspect and even the bow and arrow and the fact the lead final girl quickly adjusts to the situation.
I thought it sounded similar to the synopsis of "Braid" , it's about two girls who go to rob a house and they end up playing sadistic games with the home owner. Anyone seen it, is it similar?
I noticed the handheld camera really heavily in the Butler-wife scene in the woods but that’s about it. Besides that I loved it. It was pretty good and definitely better than expected
I think you're underrated this one a bit. I immediately wanted to watch it again because it was so much fun. This thing is highly entertaining, a perfect guilty pleasure.
I actually really liked this movie. And I don't think I ever noticed the hand held issue. It was very refreshing to watch compared to all of the other stuff we seem to be getting stuck with. Usually a big part of what I use to determine whether a movie is good or not in my opinion, is if I feel like I would want to watch it again. With this movie I will definitelty watch it at least a few more times. So I would definitely recommend it.
Agreed on the hand-held comment you made. I loved the production design and lighting. The moving around sometimes did distract from that during tense scenes.
I watch a lot of TV and only started seeing trailers for this film maybe 3-4 weeks ago. It honestly seemed like a quick release summer movie and I wasn't sure if anyone would review it. I'm pleasantly surprised to see that it even got a B rating and I'll definitely watch it. Looks fun and entertaining! It's usually these kinds of films that I don't expect much from. Thanks for the review!
My wife and I literally see a trailer, and immediately say "well that could be good...Will have to see what Chris says". And that determines whether or not we go see it. Thanks for your honest reviews.
Yeah she falls in the pit of despair, only to bring about shock horror. I honestly loved the entire build up to the ending of that scene. My brother said it should have just been a quick cut, but I enjoyed knowing it was coming.
I really enjoyed this movie. I like how the two roles I've seen Samara in are juxtaposed. In the babysitter she was the hunter, and in this movie she if the hunter.
Saw this last night. It was fun. Chris’s assessment and score are fair and in line. I would be a little more generous and give it a flat B. Definitely worth a second viewing at the matinee or bargain screen.
The handheld nature gave the perspective of someone there living through the experience (Grace) until the very end with the last 2 wide shots ending the film showing Grace had gained a wider perspective. Brilliant imo
Zack Dominguez yeah honestly they probably will buy sony eventually, but they’re bleeding from the fox deal, we’ll have to wait for them to patch themselves up
Chris, I'm really really intrested in hearing your opinion on "Parasite". I just saw it yesterday and I truly think it could be the one to get the golden A+, especially because it is such a directors film, which I think you'll love!
I was so excited for this movie and I did not leave disappointed! I totally agree with you on the criticisms of the third act and character development. I think despite that though the rest of the movie was exactly what I was hoping for and I had a great time watching it.
Good review Chris! One thing I suggest you review is MHA! If you ever decide to do another review for an anime series this one would be great for you if you love DBZ!
I just finished watching the movie. (Spoilers) And I must say it was a decent horror movie. It's pretty formulaic in some ways but has moments that are genuinely scary/intense. With a premise that is unique, It keeps you on the edge of your seat for most of the run-time. Always hoping the family won't kill her. There was one scene in particular that had me very engaged and physically reacting. When she's climbing out of a hole and got her hand stuck on that nail you can feel her pain. The main character (Grace) does a good job of emoting and you start to like her and want her to survive. The whole cast gives decent performances for the most part. Grace also seems to have a boner for cursing a lot which I found endearing. Now to get into what I didn't like about this movie. Firstly, I don't think it would be a classic horror movie, if there weren't some parts that just were kinda unbelievable. So I'm not judging too harshly for some of these. For starters, the main character seems to just be oblivious to guns. For example, when the first girl shot and missed Grace by shooting another girl and then drops the gun. Instead of running past and grabbing the gun, Grace just runs past her. You could say she was just too afraid to grab it that time. But then another time a boy drops a gun after shooting Grace in the hand and she doesn't bother to even pick it up. Next, after she strangles the butler guy in the field, Grace had another clear opportunity to pick up his gun and get in the car, but again she just gets in the car. Then there is the moment when she initially met with her husband and he was explaining to her everything that would soon to be happening that night, she starts screaming like a stupid asshole. Then again once she makes it out of the fence. As soon as the first car doesn't stop for her she goes on this almost minute long, loud, curse fest rant about how that guy is an asshole for not stopping. When a normal person who wants to survive would have just shut up and kept running to put as much distance between her and the other people in the house. Another part that irritated me was the ceremony. Like the entire night everyone was shooting around blindly not concerned whether they killed her or not. Then once the husbands brother actually knocks Grace out and the father comes, the father doesn't immediately shoot her. Instead, now there is this whole ceremony thing that they have to do, I guess that requires her to be alive. Then there was a part early on in the movie where the father says something like "She's killing all our people" which didn't make sense. Because the 2/3 people that were dead at that time were caused by the other girl who accidentally killed them. At that point Grace had only killed 1 person. And the ending. I guess the writers did kind of a good job of subverting my expectations. I really believed that the husband was faking being part of the family again just to break his wife out. But the real ending feels almost un-earned. For him to immediately switch to his families side like that. Like his brother and mom just died and I get that should make him sad and maybe rethink some things. But to go from trying to save her the majority of the movie, to trying to murder her in the last act is kinda fucked. And you could say it was because of the one line of dialogue his mother had with him that prompted his change. But that would be dumb so don't say that. Another dumb ass thing about this movie. They cuffed the husband around a fucking bed post. Any man with average strength would have been able to break that damn thing with ease. But nope they just had him slowly chisel his way out with the handcuffs. I also almost wish they had made the movie a little longer just so they could add a little more interaction within the family. I feel like we didn't get to care about some of the deaths because we didn't spend much time getting to know them. I seriously don't remember anyone's names. Overall a solid C/C- grade of a movie. Wouldn't watch again sober and maybe not even if I was high.
Is it kind of the same as purge or hunger game in a closed mansion? I like the color grading, camera views and lights set up of the trailer, eager to watch it ;)
I don't know. Parasite will officially release on 11 October in USA. So I don't think Bluray of that is available. I don't know about The Wailing if it's available or not.
I should say, this was directed by Team Radio Silence, the group that directed the really good final short in the first V/H/S. I heard their first feature, Devil’s Due, was pretty horrible, but I’m glad to hear this is better.
Directed by another duo- team? Chris, did you ever review the Silent House? (Talking about rapid handheld filming) The English version , not the Spanish one, with Elizabeth Olsen.
You know Chris is going to have problems with a movie when he starts praising the acting and production design first.
Thrillseeker8922 fr lol
We can read him like a book.
Dirg Ramsey right? This guy makes no sense lmao
@Dirg Ramsey
You have two options: "would have" and "would've".
Dirg Ramsey he didn’t like Midsommar that much 🤷♂️
*"Jesus Christ. What happened to you?"*
_"In-laws"_
Australia is getting closer and closer to perfecting their cloning technology.
As an Australian, I wouldn't mind looking like Samara Weaving.
Joker cloned his girlfriend 🤣
*fist pump*
At all times...I thought this was margot robbie.. the third clone
@@emyf9197 me too. Or I thought that she was a blonde Emma stone.
gosh, the end of this movie was AMAZING. but i really loved how that one cop didn’t quickly assume she killed everyone, and that she was the cause of the fire
I know! Gives hope that she might make it out as a victim (which she is!) instead of a murderer.
I would have taken him hostage. Game over.
She looks so much alike Margot Robbie. Thought it was her first 😁
they are also both australian
First time I watched the trailer I thought for a second that she was Margot 😂
Samara Weaving is the niece of Agent Smith from the Matrix.
she also looks like emma stone
Samara Weaving is the Logan Marshal Green of Margot Robbie.
“Ah yes, brown hair niece, you continue to exist”
Funny....just watched the movie today
denzelscutoffdreads I loved that Helene is a mood
Ryan most of Helene’s scenes are amazing, especially the darker-comedic parts.
lol
I just finished this movie. It’s by no means a masterpiece but boy was this an extremely fun time
Kid: *shoots through Grace's hand*
Grace: *knocks kid out* you FFFFUCKER!!!
That little fucker got off easy right there. I'm pretty sure that revolver still had bullets.
She blacked his eye 😂😂 favorite part
@@gsloudtv4951 lmao same
@@Unownshipper I would have bashed his skull in, but I like being creative guns are just so boring.
@@homelesshannah50 Just to be clear, you are talking about how creatively you would've killed a child, right?
I’ve seen the movie and I think I know what Chris is when he says character change their motivations and I actually disagree with him.
Spoilers:
Unless there is someone I forgot I’m pretty sure he is talking about the groom and the brother. The brother had a change of heart when he saw the dumb women praise her kid for shooting Grace. He realized this cycle with never end and he has to be the one to stop it. He even says so later, something like “I always thought someone was going to end this. I didn’t think it would have to be me.” The groom also had a conversation with his mother where she basically said that she knows in the end he will pick her over Grace. The reason he turns on Grace in the end is because she killed his mom, proving the mother right. The motivation for these characters twists is hinted at.
YES EXACTLY! THANK YOU!
It's not that just she killed his mother but also when he asked her if she's gonna be with him after all of this, she kinda didn't answer so he realized that if he can't have her, no one will. It's like he viewed her as someone that SHOULD be on his side (as Dead Meat Podcast quote it) like a piece to him instead of a living human being.He's the type of person who thinks of Grace as a possession.Although he acts "good" at the first half/ second half of the movie, there's still hints about his true nature such as him not telling Grace before the wedding about what's gonna happen when in fact, his brother, Daniel did tell his wife about the consequences even before they got married; him saying to Grace that if they didn't go the wedding through his family, they would've died (because he said that some of his family members died shortly after the wedding).
Plus when his mother talked to him about knowing Grace, we were hinted that in the back of his mind lies his very evil nature. We saw that when he said that when he killed the goat, it felt normal to him. It's probably because of the way his mother praised himm and Daniel even though they've done evil acts which is mirrored when the cokehead sister told her son Georgie that she's proud of him when he shot Grace.
@@animeluver22ful damn
To be honest, I think you're correct that this is the motivation the filmmakers are trying to show you on screen. However, I think that the subtext of the movie is actually about classism.
The Le Domas family could be seen as a metaphor for the upper class in general. If someone wants to marry in (upward social mobility) they need to do it on the family's terms, according to the rules THEY set. Sometimes this means being hunted for sport and sacrificed.
They believe that hierarchy is the natural order, and therefore whoever is on top of that hierarchy MUST be there for a reason, and therefore all of the problems this causes is a result of certain people within the hierarchy not being where they're supposed to be. Somebody didn't follow the rules; somebody cut in line. Even the people who married into the family grow to believe this, and they ultimately accept the traditions that the Le Domas' use as barriers to entry because allowing just anyone to join the upper class could spell doom for them all. Nothing is worse than the possibility of moving DOWN the food chain.
Grace is a metaphor for the working class. She isn't interested in the family's fortune; she doesn't want to go on murder rampage; she just wants to survive and escape. For the most part, she doesn't kill anybody except for the mother and maybe the butler (another member of the working class, pitted against one of their own). Most of the people who die up until the end are domestics that the family accidentally kills through their own ineptitude.
Alex is a metaphor for capitalism. Grace thinks they're in loving relationship in the beginning, but ultimately he betrays her in favor of the upper class. Why? Well sure she killed mommy, but that wasn't his actual reason. She circumvented the hierarchy on her own terms and survived despite the odds; she broke the rules; she cut in line - and for that, she had to die because she's upsetting the natural order. When he says: "you're not going to want to be with me anymore after this, are you?" it's essentially capitalism saying to the working class: "Now that you've seen how we play the game, you're not going to cook our food, or run our factories, or buy our products anymore, are you?"
I thought it was pretty obvious in the beginning that the brother was gonna have a change of heart when they bumped into each other but did not kill Grace and instead grabbed a drink and gave her a headstart.
I'm disappointed in Stuckman he didn't sensed this.
I like Samara Weaving the in Babysitter as well. She's becoming quite the final girl. She beautiful, but she doesn't play into that, which makes her a lot more interesting to watch as an actress.
@Aurelius - Well said? It looks like it was written by an ignorant moron.
AllGoodThingsNetwork gross. do you even read what you wrote? not everything that comes to mind needs to be shared.
@@miniciominiciominicio What in the heck are going on about? I said she was a talented actress who does not rely primarily on her looks for her appeal. What exactly is the problem here?
@@biggawinnacrapsa3870 Yeah, meanwhile my reply has about 200 likes and yours has what again? Haha. Gotta love the net, man.
@@AllgoodthingsTv - Those 178 likes were from people who forgave your ignorance of language. Oh, and your likes were not for a reply, they were for the original comment. Your replies got zero thumbs.
Dude samara weaving was in the babysitter which was underrated af so can’t wait for this
She was also good in Picnic at Hanging Rock from last year
@@chickamtion521 OMG yes!! I loved that series. She was perfect.
Mayhem was also fun. Ready Or Not is like the pinnacle flick in a Samara Weaving survival-horror-comedy trilogy.
The ending of that film was stupid.
Was she not also in The O.C. too?
I know that it’ll be buried in the comments but I want to Acknowledge Chris for giving valid constructive criticism to movies instead of biased opinions based on what the public says, keep doing what you’re doing man 🔥
Craig James Review yikes
KnookBook bruh I’m just now seeing this too man like wtf 😂
Oh! That is why she seemed familiar. She was great in The Babysitter.
Just watched this! Most fun film I’ve seen in ages and the lead actress was amazing!
did you feel that alex's brother should've been alive ....He is the good man
@@chanelvis8725 He would've died anyway tho...
(SPOILER WARNING)
When that kid got clocked in the face I found it oddly satisfying. I’d honestly do the same thing in Grace’s situation.
bro i would've punched him a lot, he'd get more than a black eye
@@takumijoong6271 you do realise she had a hole in her left hand right? (No pun intended)
It was my favourite part fr
Hugo Weaving is her uncle
Nepotism strikes again
lptomtom if she can act, is it acceptable though..?
ablurt_55 I know.
Yeah I thought as much. They have the same crazed eyes.
@@LuisCarmezim She isn't bad when you compare to Nick Cage or Nick Coppola. He dropped his surname not to be associated to nepotism.
Demented Clue is a PERFECT way to describe this film. I kept thinking, if Clue the movie were ever remade this would be very close to it lol.
I thought she was Margot robbie until I watched a review
Jolfer 13 yeah me too.
y’all blind
YONDU VIBES no know who she is and isn’t.
Damian Starks bro what.. type right
YONDU VIBES thanks I meant to say I know who she is.
Remember kids, if you ever get "stuckmannized", just use some topical cream
@tipped jungle ya
Chefs kiss.!
A chef's kiss is definitely one way to get stuckmannized.
Just rub icy hot and youll be fine
Seventeen different versions of Grace's wedding dress were created by costume designer Avery Plewes to show the progress of Grace's night and how her clothes correspond to her attitude.
During rehearsals a producer was accidentally stabbed with a prop knife, wielded by Adam Brody. Brody was playing around and thought the knife was retractable. The producer received 8 stitches to his shoulder, returning to the set later that day.
Despite appearing as an American in many of her film roles, Samara Weaving is Australian.
With the exception of Grace, Daniel and Becky, the rest of the Le Domas including Fitch and the butler Stevens were played by Canadians.
They had to teach Samara Weaving how to drive, or at least how to look like she's driving.
The nail that goes through Grace's hand is CG, and they were worried about selling it until they watched Weaving's performance.
The MPAA requested they translate the Latin used during the sacrificial ceremony so they could properly rate the film.
The names Le Domas and Le Bail are anagrams of Asmodel and Belial of the Ars Goetia, respectively.
The very end resembles the end of Heathers (1988)
The fight between Grace and Becky was filmed on the first day of shooting, and Weaving accidentally struck her with the prop brick. "We all thought she was going to walk away."
In this film, Samara Weaving plays someone running from devil worshipers who wish to sacrifice her. This is a reversal of her role in The Babysitter (2017) where she played a devil worshiper hunting someone to sacrifice
At 48 mins.) The insert of the dumbwaiter gears, is actually gears from London's Big Ben clock tower.
BODY COUNT: 15 (Charles, Clara, Tina, Dora, Stevens, Daniel, Becky, Aunt Helene, Fitch, Charity, Emilie, Gabe, Georgie, Tony, Alex).
I randomly went to watch this with a friend and it was a super delight. The audience had a blast and We laughed and also grimaced with the violence. Totally recommend this especially in a time where everything is so generic.
“A demented ‘Clue.’” Should be interesting to see how this stacks up against Knives Out later this year, which could easily also be described the same way.
This movie was so fun, I feel it could become a cult classic for sure. has made it into my top 5 movies for the year.
joey baker cmon man . It’s top 15 max
I'll meet you in the middle. Top 10? lol
Terrible movie, completely ridiculous.. no reason for any of it, I give this a 2 Star.
@@imsorryyouexperiencedthat
I agree. For me personally it was more like one if the worst movies 2019.
@@imsorryyouexperiencedthat I guess fun isn't your thing
"my brown haired niece. You still exist."
😂😂😂
Not sure if that's Emma Stone or Margot Robbie 😒💭
the king of cool Emma Robbie.
Thrillseeker8922 Margot Stone
the king of cool exactly, I thought it was Margot the whole time
Emgot Robstone.
Margot robbie + big eyes
Clue, Cabin in the Woods, Rosemary’s Baby, You’re Next, and Eyes Wide Shut all mixed and vomited lmao. It was crazy af
Can I just say that I love the Digimon shirt.
I didn't even know what this movie was but came in to say the same lol!
It's lame af. Grow up.
@@Vic-Vega Never! Now excuse me, I gotta change my nappy because apparently I'm a big baby. GOO GOO GAGA
More like Digimon X My neighbour Tortoro crossover. Awesome shirt
Review Parasite. Best movie in ages. It will definitely get an A+
Ladybird will always stay the last A+ new release movie for Chris
@@markec123 Dude, Parasite stomps essentially all modern Hollywood films except for Moonlight quality-wise. Ladybird was mediocre at best compared to Parasite
When it come out?
@@ogkriptik I just made a joke, since Chris doesn't rate a movie with A+ anymore for more than a year.
@@gianfrancojoseramirez1189 I thought he went to the Cannes film festival. in the US it comes out in October.
Dude, I'd like a spoiler review of this movie.
Spoiler alert:
IMO the characters are really good, even if they are on the stereotype side. Most of their emotion (except the husband ALEX, who has shit development) were what you would expect. )
And the humors were real good, just when you expect something to happen they turned it around, and a lot of them actually a subvert on audience expectations, like when the golddigger fires a crossbow, she shoots way off mark because, duh, it's an ancient crossbow and she never used one before. There's also the security camera thing where the father bent the rule allowing security camera because "if grandfather had CCTV they would definitely be using them".
What I'm disappointed is the husband(Alex) arc, he turned bad in the end, but it was not clearly explained(the movie made two lines, one about he could saw the devil, the other about he performed satanic rituals, and that's it).
The weakest part is probably close to the end where she got out of the house and was trying to escape from the establishment. It was the weakest IMO because it involves a bit uncessary Gore (one is hand on a nail, the other is skin sliced open on the fence), and how the butler is able to track her down inside the woods, and how everyone else could track them down is not explained(on car GPS o guess?)
The movie has a lot of subtle hints towards character traits, like how the family members whoo never been a part of the ritual were nervous in hunting the bride down, how the aunt was the most devoted one cause her husband drew the death card, the host tried to keep the old rules because "it was a tradition", how Daniel was actually a coward with a kind heart, which also connects with why he married to a gold digger who, despite Daniel told her the possibility of dying in the ritual, didn't even hesitate.
The movie is a lot better if you view it as a black comedy than a thriller/horror, it works the strongest when you just expect people to have gruesome misfortune while having the bride kicking some ass then it's a enjoyable.
I just finished watching the movie. (Spoilers) And I must say it was a decent horror movie. It's pretty formulaic in some ways but has moments that are genuinely scary/intense. With a premise that is unique, It keeps you on the edge of your seat for most of the run-time. Always hoping the family won't kill her. There was one scene in particular that had me very engaged and physically reacting. When she's climbing out of a hole and got her hand stuck on that nail you can feel her pain. The main character (Grace) does a good job of emoting and you start to like her and want her to survive. The whole cast gives decent performances for the most part. Grace also seems to have a boner for cursing a lot which I found endearing.
Now to get into what I didn't like about this movie. Firstly, I don't think it would be a classic horror movie, if there weren't some parts that just were kinda unbelievable. So I'm not judging too harshly for some of these. For starters, the main character seems to just be oblivious to guns. For example, when the first girl shot and missed Grace by shooting another girl and then drops the gun. Instead of running past and grabbing the gun, Grace just runs past her. You could say she was just too afraid to grab it that time. But then another time a boy drops a gun after shooting Grace in the hand and she doesn't bother to even pick it up. Next, after she strangles the butler guy in the field, Grace had another clear opportunity to pick up his gun and get in the car, but again she just gets in the car. Then there is the moment when she initially met with her husband and he was explaining to her everything that would soon to be happening that night, she starts screaming like a stupid asshole. Then again once she makes it out of the fence. As soon as the first car doesn't stop for her she goes on this almost minute long, loud, curse fest rant about how that guy is an asshole for not stopping. When a normal person who wants to survive would have just shut up and kept running to put as much distance between her and the other people in the house.
Another part that irritated me was the ceremony. Like the entire night everyone was shooting around blindly not concerned whether they killed her or not. Then once the husbands brother actually knocks Grace out and the father comes, the father doesn't immediately shoot her. Instead, now there is this whole ceremony thing that they have to do, I guess that requires her to be alive.
Then there was a part early on in the movie where the father says something like "She's killing all our people" which didn't make sense. Because the 2/3 people that were dead at that time were caused by the other girl who accidentally killed them. At that point Grace had only killed 1 person.
And the ending. I guess the writers did kind of a good job of subverting my expectations. I really believed that the husband was faking being part of the family again just to break his wife out. But the real ending feels almost un-earned. For him to immediately switch to his families side like that. Like his brother and mom just died and I get that should make him sad and maybe rethink some things. But to go from trying to save her the majority of the movie, to trying to murder her in the last act is kinda fucked. And you could say it was because of the one line of dialogue his mother had with him that prompted his change. But that would be dumb so don't say that.
Another dumb ass thing about this movie. They cuffed the husband around a fucking bed post. Any man with average strength would have been able to break that damn thing with ease. But nope they just had him slowly chisel his way out with the handcuffs.
I also almost wish they had made the movie a little longer just so they could add a little more interaction within the family. I feel like we didn't get to care about some of the deaths because we didn't spend much time getting to know them. I seriously don't remember anyone's names.
Overall a solid C/C- grade of a movie. Wouldn't watch again sober and maybe not even if I was high.
Ready or Not, starring *not* Margot Robbie or Emma Stone.
Oh My God, THAT SHIRT!!! That's awesome.
I see this as the wedding version You're Next
I first thought it was by the same people actually
Just saw it pretty much is. Similar style
It's the WHITE version of Get Out
Holy shit I totally thought of that too, glad I'm not the only one
Can't wait to see what you think about Joker.
Nice review, Chris! This was such a fun movie. I loved the tonal balance between comedy and classic thriller.
"The major theme of the film is how the rich are just really different."
It sounds like this movie would make a great double feature with Brian Yuzna's "Society".
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Ah, Taichi and Greymon shirt....
here,take my like...
Did anyone think the concept of this film was very similar to “Youre Next”?
Emery Morgan More like the execution was like Your Next with the dark comedy aspect and even the bow and arrow and the fact the lead final girl quickly adjusts to the situation.
I thought it sounded similar to the synopsis of "Braid" , it's about two girls who go to rob a house and they end up playing sadistic games with the home owner. Anyone seen it, is it similar?
omfg meee
You're next is better by far. But minus the supernatural aspect it's similar.
Yep, similar to you're next, just not anywhere as good.
Mid way through, i predicted this movie would have a Cabin In The Woods type of twist...
And it did.... Wasn't disappointed. Movie was awesome!
I noticed the handheld camera really heavily in the Butler-wife scene in the woods but that’s about it. Besides that I loved it. It was pretty good and definitely better than expected
I think you're underrated this one a bit. I immediately wanted to watch it again because it was so much fun. This thing is highly entertaining, a perfect guilty pleasure.
So, Chris, where does a body get one of the Greymon/Totoro shirts?
Probably RIPT Apparel
I actually really liked this movie. And I don't think I ever noticed the hand held issue. It was very refreshing to watch compared to all of the other stuff we seem to be getting stuck with. Usually a big part of what I use to determine whether a movie is good or not in my opinion, is if I feel like I would want to watch it again. With this movie I will definitelty watch it at least a few more times. So I would definitely recommend it.
Agreed on the hand-held comment you made. I loved the production design and lighting. The moving around sometimes did distract from that during tense scenes.
I love Samara. She had a stand out part in ash vs the evil dead even tho she was only in 2 episodes.
Agreed! Her two episode role really stood out. I felt she was gonna break out. ☺️
I swear American Dad had an episode based on this type of thing way before this even released. Pretty cool!
Review PARASITE when it comes to the theatres..
We just did one - would love to hear your version Chris!
Maybe, just maybe, Parasite will finally break the A+ curse.
@@aderemiporsche I think it might get a solid A, I have this feeling he might have slight problems, but I hope I'm wrong.
I think The Lighthouse will break the curse.
Anything to break the curse... What was the last time movie he gave an A+ to?
I watch a lot of TV and only started seeing trailers for this film maybe 3-4 weeks ago. It honestly seemed like a quick release summer movie and I wasn't sure if anyone would review it. I'm pleasantly surprised to see that it even got a B rating and I'll definitely watch it. Looks fun and entertaining! It's usually these kinds of films that I don't expect much from. Thanks for the review!
My wife and I literally see a trailer, and immediately say "well that could be good...Will have to see what Chris says". And that determines whether or not we go see it. Thanks for your honest reviews.
Reminds me of the American Dad episode where Francine meets her biological family.
Same
nothing beats life then watching some good chris stuckmann
Id seriously buy a dvd of his reviews. Like a year set.
@@jimsuniverse4954 by dvd, u mean the *complete* boxset
@@ImperialScoundrel With Bonus Reviews
@@ImperialScoundrel absolutely
Yeah she falls in the pit of despair, only to bring about shock horror. I honestly loved the entire build up to the ending of that scene. My brother said it should have just been a quick cut, but I enjoyed knowing it was coming.
I can't wait to get Stuckmanized on this one! I've been waiting for this. 👏👌🤗 Thanks!
Hey Chris pleas do a review on Blinded by the light PLEASE!!!! It’s such an excellent movie
I love how you can tell what's the movie gonna be like just by looking at Chris's face expression on the thumbnail
Never heard of this movie, but I'll definitely be checking it out now. Great review as always.
I really enjoyed this movie. I like how the two roles I've seen Samara in are juxtaposed. In the babysitter she was the hunter, and in this movie she if the hunter.
By looking at your face in thumbnail only I can see how much u liked the movie 😂
Chris if your reading this please do a review on 'money heist'
Not always. He used the same face for the haunting of Sharon Tate and he really didn’t like that movie
He used the same image of himself from the Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood review
F*uck. the t-shirt keep distrating me, great t-shirt man
Does it? Does it distrat you? Well then - hate to break it to you, but......you're an ignorant moron!!! lolol
Bigga Winna Crapsa ...wat...
@@PublicEnemyMinusOne - Think before you reply.
Saw this last night. It was fun. Chris’s assessment and score are fair and in line. I would be a little more generous and give it a flat B.
Definitely worth a second viewing at the matinee or bargain screen.
The only reason i subscribed because ur the only movie critic that doesn’t hate everything
This movie reminded me of SOCIETY, YOU'RE NEXT and HOUSE OF THE DEVIL all blended together
Opposite of Jeremy Jahns. He said the ending landed. You say it disappointed. Imma watch Tomorrow, I'll see who I agree with
That's always the fun , do I agree with red or blue?
Saw it last night, Jeremy's review is more in line with mine. I loved it, problably gonna go see it again lol
@@lamelwinston7101 Did you watch Endgame twice?
@@Young_Dab no, meant too tho.
The handheld nature gave the perspective of someone there living through the experience (Grace) until the very end with the last 2 wide shots ending the film showing Grace had gained a wider perspective. Brilliant imo
Good review as always, but I gotta find out where you got that Digimon shirt.
Last time I was this early Spider-Man was still in the MCU
He hasn't been removed yet it's just talk for now, right when Sony is about to get their slimey hands on him again Disney will flat out buy Sony
😥
Zack Dominguez yeah honestly they probably will buy sony eventually, but they’re bleeding from the fox deal, we’ll have to wait for them to patch themselves up
Margo Robbie + Emma Stone = Samara Weaving
Chris Stuckman- i have been wayching your reviews for a while now and value your reviews...
Loved the review, but I must ask where are you getting these shirts??
I'm still waiting for the Parasite review.
Kat J We just did one - would love to hear Chris review it too!
@Craig James Review I see. I might check it out! Parasite is one of my favorite movies this year.
I thought Chris was gonna see and review Good Boys. Anyone else?
Chris, I'm really really intrested in hearing your opinion on "Parasite". I just saw it yesterday and I truly think it could be the one to get the golden A+, especially because it is such a directors film, which I think you'll love!
The hand held camera work was just fine. The dialog and decisions did not feel forced. Also, hilarious. “A”.
Dis movie is soo lit..A must watch!!!!!😂😂😂The ending tho😂😂😂
The ending was awful tho
Your a good guy, Christopher Stuckman.
@WadeXP I bet your real fun at parties.
@@Young_Dab "You're" damn it!!
@@Young_Dab Yes, only grammatically illiterate people are fun at parties.
@@JudeMarchisio WTH is you're problem? This isn't a spelling bee competition ya know 🤭
@@Young_Dab Now it's "Your" damn it!!
Omg! You're making this too easy. 😄😄😄😄
I'll still see it. I love the cast and concept so much that B- seems acceptable for a theatre trip.
I was so excited for this movie and I did not leave disappointed! I totally agree with you on the criticisms of the third act and character development. I think despite that though the rest of the movie was exactly what I was hoping for and I had a great time watching it.
This movie is probably the best dark comedy I’ve ever seen
U need to watch more dark comedies then in brudges what we do in the shadows are some good ones
B-? Totally disagree. B for sure.
Does anyone know where I can watch Stuckmann's film Notes from Melanie?
The best part of this is by far how good the thriller comedy tones meshed
Easy to see how the directors of this film landed the job on Scream 5 shortly after.
Good review Chris! One thing I suggest you review is MHA! If you ever decide to do another review for an anime series this one would be great for you if you love DBZ!
Wonder what he'd think of gungrave :/
he should review attack on titan or death note
25643th time asking Chris to do a review of nic refn's TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG
Love love love the shirt :) great review too 😆
This movie reminded me a lot of the movie You're Next. And that is a good thing because that is in the top 5 most underrated horror movies for me!
I just finished watching the movie. (Spoilers) And I must say it was a decent horror movie. It's pretty formulaic in some ways but has moments that are genuinely scary/intense. With a premise that is unique, It keeps you on the edge of your seat for most of the run-time. Always hoping the family won't kill her. There was one scene in particular that had me very engaged and physically reacting. When she's climbing out of a hole and got her hand stuck on that nail you can feel her pain. The main character (Grace) does a good job of emoting and you start to like her and want her to survive. The whole cast gives decent performances for the most part. Grace also seems to have a boner for cursing a lot which I found endearing.
Now to get into what I didn't like about this movie. Firstly, I don't think it would be a classic horror movie, if there weren't some parts that just were kinda unbelievable. So I'm not judging too harshly for some of these. For starters, the main character seems to just be oblivious to guns. For example, when the first girl shot and missed Grace by shooting another girl and then drops the gun. Instead of running past and grabbing the gun, Grace just runs past her. You could say she was just too afraid to grab it that time. But then another time a boy drops a gun after shooting Grace in the hand and she doesn't bother to even pick it up. Next, after she strangles the butler guy in the field, Grace had another clear opportunity to pick up his gun and get in the car, but again she just gets in the car. Then there is the moment when she initially met with her husband and he was explaining to her everything that would soon to be happening that night, she starts screaming like a stupid asshole. Then again once she makes it out of the fence. As soon as the first car doesn't stop for her she goes on this almost minute long, loud, curse fest rant about how that guy is an asshole for not stopping. When a normal person who wants to survive would have just shut up and kept running to put as much distance between her and the other people in the house.
Another part that irritated me was the ceremony. Like the entire night everyone was shooting around blindly not concerned whether they killed her or not. Then once the husbands brother actually knocks Grace out and the father comes, the father doesn't immediately shoot her. Instead, now there is this whole ceremony thing that they have to do, I guess that requires her to be alive.
Then there was a part early on in the movie where the father says something like "She's killing all our people" which didn't make sense. Because the 2/3 people that were dead at that time were caused by the other girl who accidentally killed them. At that point Grace had only killed 1 person.
And the ending. I guess the writers did kind of a good job of subverting my expectations. I really believed that the husband was faking being part of the family again just to break his wife out. But the real ending feels almost un-earned. For him to immediately switch to his families side like that. Like his brother and mom just died and I get that should make him sad and maybe rethink some things. But to go from trying to save her the majority of the movie, to trying to murder her in the last act is kinda fucked. And you could say it was because of the one line of dialogue his mother had with him that prompted his change. But that would be dumb so don't say that.
Another dumb ass thing about this movie. They cuffed the husband around a fucking bed post. Any man with average strength would have been able to break that damn thing with ease. But nope they just had him slowly chisel his way out with the handcuffs.
I also almost wish they had made the movie a little longer just so they could add a little more interaction within the family. I feel like we didn't get to care about some of the deaths because we didn't spend much time getting to know them. I seriously don't remember anyone's names.
Overall a solid C/C- grade of a movie. Wouldn't watch again sober and maybe not even if I was high.
Loved ❤️❣️💕this movie! 🎥 It gets an A++++++++++++
I stopped before the end of the 1st minute, heard enough, going to go see before I hear the spoilers 😊 Thanks Chris!
Is it kind of the same as purge or hunger game in a closed mansion? I like the color grading, camera views and lights set up of the trailer, eager to watch it ;)
Is it me or is Chris’s hair getting darker?
Oh my god it is
hey..why dont you dont review on korean hit wailing and parasite.both are rotten tomato 100%..plz do a review
jerry dutt We just did one. Would love to hear parasite get Stuckmanised, Chris!
I think because both of those movies are hard to catch in theatres, specially where he lives.
@@saurabhmaity7298 yaas...but are available on BLU-RAYs right
I don't know. Parasite will officially release on 11 October in USA. So I don't think Bluray of that is available. I don't know about The Wailing if it's available or not.
@@saurabhmaity7298 parasite is one of the finest dark comedy drama..must watch.
This kinda movies are my jam for some reason. You're next, Would You Rather, Escape Room, The Collector, Hush. They are just freaking fun to watch.
I should say, this was directed by Team Radio Silence, the group that directed the really good final short in the first V/H/S. I heard their first feature, Devil’s Due, was pretty horrible, but I’m glad to hear this is better.
This movies looks like Clue meets The Most Dangerous Game.
Nice, that’s true!
How is that not Margot Robbie or Jaime Pressley or James King?
Directed by another duo- team?
Chris, did you ever review the Silent House? (Talking about rapid handheld filming)
The English version , not the Spanish one, with Elizabeth Olsen.
Great review Chris! By the way I don't know if you've watched it but I would love to hear your thoughts on Euphoria
Waiittt...so she's not Margot Robbie??!! Dammn...I've been punk'd big time.
We all were
Could you cover Lawrence of Arabia?
Gipsy Danger I love this idea.
It’s playing in select theaters nationwide. That would be great.
Hey Chris, love your Digimon shirt.
Reminded me of 'Would You Rather?' (2012) and more recently 'The Hunt' (2020).