A wonderful piece of filmmaking both to look at and experience. Love it!

Rating: 10/10 (5 October 2016)

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. Too bad there was no Mario appearance. But the story is phenomenal, the voice acting is perfect, the comedy is hilarious, and the animation is breathtaking.
So about the animation WOW! There are so many different styles in this film from the 1980s Qbert-tastic era to streamlined present-day gun-slinging war games. Characters like Felix, Jr., and Ralph move smoother because their characters have more to do in the video game, hence, they would have better animation to begin with. You also see the old school video characters who have less detail and range of motion to them, which I think was a gorgeous addition to the believability of the world (the Tapper scene says it all as you watch the blinking eyes while he cleans a glass). Details in the living spaces, food, props of the worlds, etc., were also very well thought out and animated. I loved it when Ralph smashed the cake and the frosting splattered on everyone. Well, of course, the splatter pattern is that of a low-pixel 1980's game! It splattered in blocky groupings! Noticing that made me laugh out loud.
This film made use of multiple different settings. There is the "Fix It Felix, Jr.," early 80's pixelation, freshly plugged-in military "Hero's Duty," sugary sweet "Sugar Rush" racing, the Game Central Station, and other locales in between that the characters visit after the arcade's closing time. To create just one believable game world is mind blowing enough. But the distinction between all these different worlds and the work it must have taken to put this film together is unbelievable! Colors, textures, lighting, etc., were all plotted out uniquely for each place the characters visited. Even the sounds, like the ping of Felix's hop, help to detail the worlds to a T.
This film is great on so many levels. I enjoyed every minute of the film. Its got the fast-paced race scenes with Sugar Rush, a bit of an espionage feel as Ralph and Vanellope (who has pixlexia by the way) secretly make a racing vehicle and retreat to a secret hide- out, its got surprises, plot twists, and great albeit unconventional characters. There are so many gorgeous-looking moments in this film proving that every detail was painstakingly thought out by the filmmakers.
Some other fantastic bits: 1) The reveal of Calhoun's backstory and how she pulls out this massive gun from her wedding dress! 2) Fix-It Felix, Jr. He's such a hilarious goodie two shoes down to the sweet Southern accent and innocent metaphors. "She gives me the honey glow" 3) The voices never get in the way of the characters. In some movies, you can clearly picture the actor over the character. I had this problem with Meg Ryan voicing Anastasia. This movie, everything is perfectly played. There is a fine line with Calhoun, but the other characters help to balance out Lynch's otherwise "Glee"- attitude ways.
It's a pretty wonderful piece of filmmaking to look at and experience. Even some characters move in the precise way they actually do in video games. But what makes this gloriously colorful spectacle of a world work is the screenplay. The jokes hit all the right places, and the characters are all lively and written with a skill that goes beyond what we have come to expect from a "simple" kids' film like this. The few commercials and trailers I saw let audiences know just how "pretty" this film looked, but what makes it a truly great film is that it has a great story and great dialogue to back up the visuals.