IMDb plot summary: The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device. Ron's malfunctions set against the backdrop of the social media age launch them on a journey to learn about true friendship.
Directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine. Starring Jack Dylan Grazer, Zach Galifianakis, and Ed Helms.
Ron's Gone Wrong is an animated children's film about a near future in which every child has their own robot designed to help them make friends. Our main character, Barney, desperately wants one but his family is too poor. His father finally manages to get his hands on a bootleg robot, only to find out it's extremely glitchy and can't do most of what Barney wants. This is... basically just Big Hero 6 for younger kids and uglier animation. It's a cute concept, sure, and who doesn't love a slightly broken robot trying to understand humanity? But it's a little too on-the-nose with its intended metaphor about children and screens, and its big adventure ending requires way too much suspension of disbelief, and the redemption arc of the minor antagonists kind of comes out of nowhere and I still don't trust them. Totally watchable, but I'd rather just rewatch Big Hero 6.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Ron's Gone Wrong < Spellbound (1945)
Ron's Gone Wrong > Fifth of July
Ron's Gone Wrong > The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Ron's Gone Wrong > Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Ron's Gone Wrong > Chocolat
Ron's Gone Wrong > It Comes at Night
Ron's Gone Wrong > Zelig
Ron's Gone Wrong < The Harder They Fall
Ron's Gone Wrong > Arctic
Ron's Gone Wrong < Fahrenheit 451
Ron's Gone Wrong > The Misfits
Final spot: #1831 out of 3624, or 49%.
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