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For anyone with a grade-schooler and a free Saturday, it's a pretty safe and painless bet. And a great excuse to go up to the attic later and see if you can dig out your old Atari 2600.
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.
'Wreck-it Ralph' is a serious contender for the title of best animated film of the year.
The movie's subversive sensibility and old-school/new-school feel are a total kick.
It's impossible not to feel a strong sense of nostalgic amusement, if not sheer delight, at the comings and goings of all these characters.
It's fun for awhile, but it's not a video game you'll come back to once you set down the controller.
There's a bonus level of enjoyment for video-game aficionados who might never look at classic arcade games quite the same way again.
Don't worry. You won't be the only grownup seeing 'Wreck-It Ralph.' And if you want to take your family, you will be laughing just as hard as the younger viewers.
Funny, heartwarming, interesting characters, but just a little bit overlong.
Wreck-it Ralph, under the keen executive producer eye of Pixar titan John Lasseter, is what would happen if Toy Story & Shrek had a video game lovechild.
The world created in the movie is so utterly fascinating that I desperately want to see what other kind of amazing, creative tales can be told within it.
Not a wreck but the movie does have some problems.
Ralph and his new friends offer much action and adventure, but the movie scores most of all with its poignant scenes and the relationships among its characters.
Wreck-It Ralph is colorful and harmless. It's also harmless and colorful. That just about covers it.
The creators, more than most, understand that a good setting and fun sight gags are secondary to a story with heart.
That Disney's in-house effort mostly plays like an actual Pixar film is a fine compliment.
Has no apparent goal other than being the biggest, most colorful film it can be, with a warm and fuzzy message that isn't aiming to be sophisticated, and it does what it sets out to do.
Best videogame movie ever! ... [A]mong the immense pleasures of this thoroughly enjoyable film are the many ingenious touches that bind it into a cohesive world...
A manic children's film about the souls of video game avatars.
may be set in the world of video games, but its conceit is set firmly in . . . the Hero's Journey. The mythic realms are made of bits and bytes, but are just as magical, and the tasks nothing short of Herculean. Not that any of this is stuffy or pedantic.
Inventively wired, it's a video-game adventure that explores visually dazzling, distinctively retro worlds.
Yeah, I said it. Wreck-It Ralph compares with the Toy Story movies. It's the equal to those films in terms of joy, character, sweetness and, most of all, heart.
A brilliant concept in search of a movie. Starts off really strong with sly humor and wit that devolves into cheap kiddie jokes.
Wreck-It Ralph knows that it can only play at its inside jokes for so long before the shtick gets old.
Wreck-It Ralph is consistently inventive, displaying a sturdy story structure that makes it more than just a simplistic romp for the Gen-X crowd.
The most fun I've had in a theater for quite a long time.
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