Film review: Wreck It Ralph

John C Reilly has got himself a job as a big guy who likes to destroy the same building over and over again whilst a little guy with a hammer fixes it. This is a computer game in an arcade called Fix it Felix where all of the characters come to life after the arcade is closed. They all meet in the plug sockets and have drinks and fun and all sorts of craziness. They can visit each others games but there is one rule, do not die in another game as you will never respawn. John is sick of being a bad guy and being treated like crap and decides to ignore the one rule and visit other games to try and win a medal in order to be deemed as good. When out in other games he meets a little girl who like racing. She robs his newly acquired medal and they have to work as a team to get it back. Then there is some baking of cars and racing around lakes of cola and punching floors. By the end we all learn lessons about what it is to be bad and to have job satisfaction.

Disney are giants of children's films. They have been making them for god knows how long and for the most part they are brilliant for both kids and adults. Now they have, alongside Pixar, carried this high level into the computer generated world. This continues in this film. Ralph is a troubled character with a loveable core and a big heart who develops in complexity through the film. The story is clever enough for the adult audience but not too complex to bore kids. The animations and worlds created are frankly beautiful and a feast for the eyes. True to form there is comedy liberally drizzled all over the film mostly in the form of Vanelope the little girl Ralph meets. The idea for the film is genius as it feels very current but also makes the 80's/90's child within reminisce about old school arcade games and makes you fall in love with them all over again. A particular highlight of the film is the self help group for bad guys in which Zangief from Street fighter opens up to a room that includes Bowser, M Bison and the ghost from pacman, brilliant. As you can probably tell I loved it.

Verdict: 4.5/5