Wreck-it Ralph Reviews
July 11, 2020
In a vacuum this is a fun enough movie, and there are all the heartwarming moments you expect from a family cartoon. The chief problem is that, at every single juncture, it's also predictable and never shows anything beyond the most obvious levels.
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| Original Score: C+
February 9, 2019
The arcade is just window dressing for a sugar rush of child-friendly product placement.
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| Original Score: 2/5
February 8, 2013
The film is nicely animated but confusing enough to be almost impenetrable at times.
Original Score: 2/5
February 7, 2013
I found the idea of teens laying down their coins to play arcade games in this present day a strange, semi-intentional archaism - nostalgic wish-fulfilment on the part of the middle-aged people creating the movie.
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| Original Score: 2/5
February 7, 2013
Play an actual videogame instead.
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| Original Score: 2/5
February 7, 2013
The chubby 3D animation, smart-alecky product placement and potty humour all capped my enthusiasm about halfway to total delight.
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| Original Score: 3/5
February 5, 2013
Disney's found a lot to play with here, but you may find yourself itching to take the controls.
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| Original Score: 3/5
January 7, 2013
You'll either love it or you'll admire it, while wishing it would calm down and, I don't know, maybe pick up a book for a while.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
January 7, 2013
It's a cool game, to be sure, but watching someone else play it gets old after a while.
November 4, 2012
A brilliant concept in search of a movie. Starts off really strong with sly humor and wit that devolves into cheap kiddie jokes.
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| Original Score: C
November 2, 2012
The story pushes a heartfelt message, but the humorous antics are pitched at a strictly juvenile level that will have parents yawning while their children roar in approval.
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| Original Score: 2/5
November 2, 2012
The biggest disappointment of all is that John Lasseter is executive producer. Unfortunately, "Ralph" can't hold a candle to his prior creations.
November 2, 2012
Unlike the Pixar films toward which it aspires-which marry sophisticated conceits to straightforward storylines-Wreck-It Ralph consistently gets lost in its own intricate plot mechanics.
November 2, 2012
Those who've played and programmed the games over the decades will find some fun with in-jokes involving the likes of Pac-man and Q*bert but anyone else over the age of ten will likely be bored.
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| Original Score: C
November 2, 2012
Emphasizes action and eye-popping visuals over emotion.
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| Original Score: 2/4
November 1, 2012
Disney can dress it up, take it out to the arcade and plug it full of quarters ... but at the end of the cord, the film's a simple, 8-bit I-gotta-be-me story, with a dull plot and tepid characters. Game over.
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| Original Score: 4/10
November 1, 2012
It's a lovely pretext for dazzling visuals, yet the production is diminished by the clumsiness of an 8-bit script.
November 1, 2012
It's pure plastic product from plot line to the pro forma 3-D to the tidy moral lessons - ersatz family entertainment as disposable as it is diverting.
Original Score: 2/4
November 1, 2012
Starts out as a funny high scorer but limps into a second half as flat as those quarters we once pumped into arcade machines long ago.
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| Original Score: 2/4
November 1, 2012
Wreck-It Ralph feels like so many modern AAA gaming titles-a promising starting point for an inevitable, improved sequel.