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Ready Player One
2018
· Movie
· 140 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1680
- IMDb #1191
- Google retired #969
- Rotten Tomatoes #2113
- Metacritic #1757
- Letterboxd #2638
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2649
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1951
- Metacritic Critics #1999
- Metacritic Audience #1307
- Criticker #2243
- Douban #216
- Kinopoisk #1332
- AlloCiné #194
- Trakt #747
Every rating
43–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 43, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a bleak future, people escape reality into a vast virtual reality universe called the OASIS. When its creator dies, he leaves his immense fortune and control of the world to the first player to find a hidden Easter egg. A young teenager joins the hunt, solving complex puzzles based on 1980s pop culture while a powerful corporation seeks to win the contest by any means necessary.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writers
- Ernest Cline, Zak Penn
- Based on
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Released
- 28 March 2018
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Japanese
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $175.0M
- Box office
- $607.3M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →3 wins from 17 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Visual Effects | Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and Dave Shirk | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2019 | Best Special Visual Effects | Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett, Dave Shirk | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019 | Best Visual Effects | Ready Player One | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2019 | Best Visual Effects | Ready Player One | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2019 | Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2019 | Best Special Effects | Ready Player One | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2019 | Best Music | Alan Silvestri | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2019 | Best Science Fiction Film | Ready Player One | Winner |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and Dave Shirk | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Special Visual Effects | Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett, Dave Shirk | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Ready Player One | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature | Mert Yamak, Stanley Wong, Joana Garrido and Daniel Gagiu for " Overlook Hotel " | Winner |
| Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project | Daniele Bigi, Edmund Kolloen, Mathieu Vig and Jean-Baptiste Noyau for "New York Race" | Winner |
| Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature | Dave Shirk, Brian Cantwell, Jung-Seung Hong and Kim Ooi for "Art3mis" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project | Giuseppe Laterza, Kim Lindqvist, Mauro Giacomazzo and William Gallyo for " DeLorean DMC-12 " | Nominee |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Roger Guyett, Jennifer Meislohn, Dave Shirk, Matthew E. Butler, Neil Corbould | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Science Fiction Film | Ready Player One | Winner |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Music | Alan Silvestri | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Ready Player One | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
4 nominations
| Choice Breakout Movie Star | Olivia Cooke | Nominee |
| Choice Sci-Fi Movie | Ready Player One | Nominee |
| Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor | Tye Sheridan | Nominee |
| Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress | Olivia Cooke | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Ready Player One | Nominee |