Hide and seek

Saturday night my wife and I watched Ready or Not — the 2019 one, with Samara Weaving in a wedding dress running for her life from her new in-laws. My wife had already seen it. I had not.

The occasion: homework. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is already in theaters (it came out March 20th), and we wanted to be prepared.

It’s a great movie to watch with someone who’s seen it before. There’s a particular pleasure in watching your spouse try to keep a straight face while you have absolutely no idea what’s coming. I did not keep a straight face. The film earns its surprises.

What holds up surprisingly well is how mean-spirited it is in exactly the right way — the wealthy family is absurd and monstrous in equal measure, and the movie never loses the thread of which one is worse. Weaving is very good. The ending is very satisfying.

Now we’re ready. Sequel, here we come.