More complex than you would expect

Rating: 10/10 (18 September 2014)

So many Wreck-It Ralph reviews include references to gaming, but, since I don't play video games, this one will not. It will just talk about the movie.
The story line is actually very complex, not what one would expect from a cartoon. In fact, I think parents might want to view it before allowing children to see it because it addresses sensitive issues such as bigotry, peer cruelty and societal exclusion. A family member, who is a parent, I am not, assured me that even small children can cope with these issues. Maybe.
Emotionally, I would compare this film to Picnic, Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon and The Sterile Cuckoo. Seriously. Vanellope is an adorable but fragile and tragic little figure. Alone and treated as a pariah, because of a physical disability, she longs to be accepted and included. Her life parallels that of the main character, Ralph, also an exiled refuge from a world that surrounds him and that he wants to be a part of, but is denied.
All that being said, I LOVE THIS FILM. The characters are real, the dialogue genuine, and it has fast-paced action. It has great humor,as when Vanellope first meets Ralph, and tear-jerking sadness, as when Ralph thinks he is protecting Vanellope from self-destruction. There is a background story between Felix and Calhoun that adds more humanity to the film. Close your eyes and you would not know it is a cartoon.
Wreck-It Ralph is pure entertainment. Watch it and be delighted.