Synopsis
In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't quite work the same as the others do.
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Cast
- Zach GalifianakisRon (voice)
- Jack Dylan GrazerBarney (voice)
- Ed HelmsGraham (voice)
- Olivia ColmanDonka (voice)
- Justice SmithMarc (voice)
- Rob DelaneyAndrew (voice)
- Kylie CantrallSavannah (voice)
- Ricardo HurtadoRich (voice)
- Marcus ScribnerAlex (voice)
- Thomas BarbuscaJayden (voice)
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
An amiable, amusing story of unlikely friendship, which is as aware of what makes people tick as it is of what makes tech troubling. - 80
The Telegraph
Peter Baynham, best-known for Borat and Alan Partridge, co-wrote this script, which offers just the right of blend of madcap farce and piercingly precise gags about social media. - 80
Screen Daily
Ron’s Gone Wrong transcends the familiarity of the story (there’s a thematic an overlap with Big Hero 6 and How To Train Your Dragon, to name just two) with deft writing, appealing animation and a big heart crammed into a small malfunctioning robot. - 70
Variety
It’s a shame that the mile-a-minute plot of “Ron’s Gone Wrong” isn’t more focused. - 67
The A.V. Club
There’s a system incompatibility error with the dominant bestie metaphor that leaves the film’s stance on Big Gizmo garbled. - 60
The Guardian
It’s entertaining, though composed with algorithmic precision, and it winds up suspiciously neutral about whether kids really should abandon digital enslavement in favour of real-life human friends. - 60
The Observer (UK)
The debut feature from animation studio Locksmith is cute but familiar. - 58
IndieWire
Ron’s Gone Wrong has enough ideas about our current relationship with technology and social media to bring about important conversations between parents and teens that are more than just “phones are bad,” while delivering a charming and at times laugh-out-loud funny story about a boy and his robot computer friend.
