Rons Gone Wrong 3D Movie Review

Written By: Jacob Scarberry

3D

After a long drought of any Disney-owned studios releasing any animated films in theaters and in 3D, here comes 20th Century's latest release Ron’s Gone Wrong to save the day! I wasn't expecting anything to blow the lid off my expectations with this film. Hell, until a week before it was released, I didn't know the film would have a 3D distribution model at all. Luckily, Ron’s Gone Wrong did get a 3D release and it looks wonderful in 3D. The 3D has plenty of depth and dimension, native spacing, its colorful and has some lush environments. It also has many examples of some really good pop-out 3D moments that range from faces entering the theater, to a random leg, to particles entering the fray. This is the definition of great 3D, in every way, shape and form. It’s not the best 3D in an animated movie that I have seen, but it’s definitely worth your money to watch Ron’s Gone Wrong in 3D.

Final Verdict: Great 3D

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Movie

After the closure of Blue Sky studios by Disney/Fox after the financially middling performance of Spies in Disguise, I was wondering what would take the place of the fourth or fifth-tier animation house in Hollywood. In comes a new animation house, UK-based Locksmith Animation, stepping up to bat. Does the studio have the mighty swing to hit it out of the park, or will it be a total strikeout?

Ron’s Gone Wrong is set in the not-too-distant future. A large tech company called Bubble. Bubble has released a revolutionary new toy, the B-Bot. B-Bot’s are designed with the lofty ambition of trying to make friends with other kids and connect to the internet. After a few months, all the kids in the town of Nonsuch have their own B-Bot, all except the lonely and friendless Barney (Jack Dylan Glaser). Barney's birthday arrives, and he finally gets his own B-bot. Sadly this B-bot is a bit flawed. Barney befriends this lovable defective robot.

The film is your typical cookie-cutter movie of a lonely kid having an atypical object/friend who manages to help the lead grow and succeed. This movie is too long and it ends about 20 minutes after the natural conclusion of the story. The film stops and starts several times and it feels the length of a 3 hour epic. The message of the film is kinda confusing as well. The message is exactly what you expect it to be, a message of technology that is too intrusive, derivative and rudimentary. The villain is also too paint-by-the-numbers, who does all the things that corporations do (i.e. sell your data, intrude on your privacy, etc.) and doesn't even get a comeuppance!

There are a few good things about this film. For starters, the animation is really good throughout the film, except for one weird quirk when a fire is started. This fire sequence has a weird frame rate difference that lasted a couple of seconds, but it was fine the next angle. The voice acting, especially Galifinakis and Glaser, are terrific and overall its well cast. There is also some surprising depth with the supporting characters, with actual character arcs and story resolutions that actually make sense. There are some funny scenes as well.

Back to the question I asked at the start, is Ron’s Gone Wrong a home-run? No, there are some issues with the story nuances and plotting that prevent that. Is it a strikeout of a film? Also no. The film is probably a ground rule double; a perfectly adequate family film with enough charm and humor for everyone in the audience to enjoy, just don't expect high art.