![]() And for what? The film feels dated even just two (admittedly long) years later. Throughout its near two hour running time, Ralph Breaks the Internet always feels like a trend-chaser hoping to satirize the cultural moment at the cost of betraying its own sense of self. The franchise had a gimme with "Ralph Wrecks the Internet." But attaching itself to the aging term "Break the Internet" (lest we forget, originates out of a 2014 Paper cover story with Kim Kardashian) encapsulates the film's misguided priorities. The first way the movie falls flat on its face is in its title. 'Ralph Breaks the Internet,' a 2018 sequel to 'Wreck-It Ralph,' will leave Netflix on December 10. ![]() The story quickly spirals out of control from there to the point where Ralph will, in fact, break the internet. But to pay for it, Ralph needs to go viral. When the arcade installs a wi-fi router, Ralph and Vanellope travel into the internet in the hopes of acquiring the steering wheel on eBay. Worse, the steering wheel controller on Vanellope's game just broke, and the cost to replace it is more than the old game makes in a year. Reilly) is content with his contained world at Litwak's Arcade, but his best friend Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) yearns for something more beyond her outdated racing game. ![]() ![]() Released in 2018 from Disney Animation, Ralph Breaks the Internet (which, for a brief period, had the full mouth jumble title Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2) picks up six years after 2012's Wreck-It Ralph. Ralph Breaks the Internet, co-directed by original Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore and screenwriter Phil Johnston, is the movie you need to watch on Netflix before it leaves on December 10. And while the film pales in comparison to its 2012 predecessor - and bends over backward in its rules on how the internet works - it's still a worthwhile watch, especially in a difficult year when our real, offline friendships and relationships have been tested. But in 2018, a Disney animated movie used the internet to shine a laser-focused light on interpersonal toxicity. ![]()
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