When you’re making entertainment for kids, you don’t need to talk down to them and you don’t need to pander to them. Wreck-It Ralph is the rare kids’ movie that doesn’t hold your hand or soften its blows. Wreck-It Ralph is made with obvious forethought, setting up many plot points and story threads that pay off with delightful glee in the end. There were several moments in the film where I was very surprised at the latest turn of events, but also in awe at just how well-structured those events were. I knew Wreck-It Ralph was going to be good, but I didn’t know it was going to be this good! I can’t remember a cartoon kiddie movie with this many layers, with this much devastation and with more twists and turns than your average Sugar Rush race track.
