Movie Review: Wreck It Ralph
Parents who grew up in the Pac-Man, Q-Bert arcade age will
enjoy this movie as much as their children will. The games that provide the
central settings for the movie: a first person shooter with vicious destructive
bugs, a candyland racing game, and Fix-it Felix Jr. – Wreck It Ralph's own game,
are all fictional games (so far). Yet, the old classics make lots of amusing
cameo appearances in the surge protector that serves as a passageway for the
characters from one game to another.
There are good messages about friendship and being true to
yourself, while also stretching to do more then you thought you could. What
follows includes some spoilers for content to help parents judge if the movie
would be a good fir for their own kids and family.
Overall, while there are scary moments, and sad moments,
they felt milder than many kid movies. My kids said they shed a few tears.
Violence: The first person shooter game, and the character
that comes out of that game use lots of over the top firepower. All the shooting
is directed solely at the enemy giant bugs. Ralph causes lots of damage to
objects and buildings, and occasionally uses his strength on the bugs, but
there is no other violence toward other people. (People in the video game sense
which is very diverse.)
Romance: Fix it Felix is quickly enamored with the character
from the shooting game and makes frequent innocent romantic remarks to her. They also kiss a few times.
Language: Ralph and the Candy racing girl exchange a lot of
personal insults along the lines of ‘stinking breath’, ‘stupid head’, and so
forth. As their friendship progresses, these are clearly used as terms of
affection, but they are frequent. They also have a discussion of “Duty’ as a
pun on ‘doody’, ie: poop.
Drugs/Alcohol: A character makes himself a martini. I didn’t
notice any other references.
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