My kids have been very excited to see Wreck-It Ralph due to it being set in a video game world. This world is not an X-Box though, but the local arcade, where when the kids go home, the denizens of the games get to relax a bit until being called on for their next quests. The cute pixelated characters mix and mingle with the various game characters at Game Central, a large concourse found within a power bar.
Ralph, who has been the ‘bad guy’ on a very successful game is just not feeling it any more as he tells his ‘bad guy support’ group. When he is left out of the games anniversary celebrations, things come to a boil and our wannabe hero find himself on a search for the respect he feels he deserves and the chance to prove himself as more than just a bad guy. You can only imagine, this path will not be an easy one, and Ralph meets many characters who are not necessarily supportive of his quest. In fear of their game being switched off, his game ‘good guy’ Fix-It Felix heads out after him, and is joined by a Halo like heroine when they realize that the fate of not only his game is in jeopardy, but the whole arcade.
Wreck-It Ralph is made fun by the great cast behind the voices. John S. Reilly is Ralph, Jack McBrayer is Felix, Sarah Silverman is the precocious Vanellope and Jane Lynch kills it as our armoured heroine Sargeant Calhoun. There is lots of nostalgia gamer humour in the movie. The kids liked the fact that Q-Bert was homeless, and they enjoyed spotting many other characters they new scattered about. However, the film also tries to pull on the heart strings, and the kids noted that the film sometimes made them feel sad. For my older kids, that is fine, but some younger one’s might be upset a bit. I love John C. Reilly as he plays the sympathetic underdog so perfectly and it was weird not hearing Sarah Silverman swearing.
I will happily recommend this movie as fun for the whole family.
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