Review of Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) by Derekscritic — 25 Nov 2018

From first impression, the internet concept worried me until watching the film. After watching the film, I can definitely say that it was not even close to as good as the first film. Ralph Breaks the internet is an average sequel to a fantastic Disney film. Fortunately, this film has fantastic animation as the internet looks great with very creative design and all the characters are full of life. I love how this film played around with most of its concepts. Although forced upon the audience, the message of friendship has a strong point.

Unfortunately, this movie has several problems in the writing and characterization that ruin the film from being great. First, the story is a mess that becomes very predictable and completely breaks everything established in the first film by the third act. The film has an awful ending as Vanellope ditches Sugar Rush to be in Slaughter Race. This makes no sense and the character does not fit the tone of the game. Most of the humor is also weak with the exception of the princess scenes. A whole part of the plot has to do with Ralph making money off of stupid videos on a YouTube parody site made for the movie. In the first film, the use of video game characters lead to several great cameos, but nobody knows if these viral videos are going to be relevant in the next few years. While I did say the point of the message was strong, it feels like this film forces its message to its audience. I get that the film is about friendship, but the amount of times Ralph and Vanellope use the term "best friend" throughout the film is annoying. Also, Felix and Calhoun from the first film are completely forgotten here.

Ralph Breaks the Internet is a disappointing sequel to one of my favorite Disney films. While the animation is excellent, the film has poor writing, bad characterization and a message forced upon the audience. This is definitely not one of the best films from Disney and it's a painfully average sequel.