Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph is a ton of fun.

Fizzy, colourful and intricately plotted, this 2012 pop meta-fiction from The Simpsons' Rich Moore does for vintage arcade games what Who Framed Roger Rabbit did for the Golden Age of Animation.

Wreck-It Ralph is a must-see for anyone who grew up playing 1980s arcade games - and their kids will love it too.

Wreck-It Ralph is one of those rare movies that's fun for a revisit yet is peppered with enough hidden references to make the rewatch worthwhile. After a second viewing this weekend, I still walked away impressed.

The prospect of inevitable sequels is more than bearable.

The film is nicely animated but confusing enough to be almost impenetrable at times.

Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee’s script finds sad, trapped, silly characters locked inside their programming and desperate to escape, and in these energetic and colorful settings, losing yourself in their struggle for freedom and acceptance is effortless.

"Wreck-it Ralph" sets the table nicely but almost squanders it’s originality and cleverness with its frantic and occasionally numbing midsection.

Even if "Wreck-It Ralph" is off a little in pace and organization, the movie has creativity, originality, and spirit to spare.

Wreck-It Ralph, like its title character, is an out-of-nowhere winner for Disney Animation.