{"id":121290,"date":"2021-10-15T10:42:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T09:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=121290"},"modified":"2021-10-16T14:46:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T13:46:05","slug":"rons-gone-wrong-review-a-charming-tale-of-unorthodox-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/cinema\/rons-gone-wrong-review-a-charming-tale-of-unorthodox-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron\u2019s Gone Wrong Review: A charming tale of unorthodox friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"

New British animation studio, Locksmith Animation, first feature-length action comedy centres on introverted loner <\/span>13-year-old Barney Pudowski<\/span> (Jack Dylan Grazer), who\u2019s the only kid in his class who doesn\u2019t own a B-Bot yet. The new range of robotic toys, marketed as your \u2018best friend out of the box\u2019, encourage users to share, stream and upload their lives online. When struggling <\/span>single dad Graham (Ed Helms) surprises Barney with his own B-Bot, they discover that there\u2019s more than meets the eye to the seemingly malfunctioning robot Ron (<\/span>Zach Galifianakis<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Much like <\/span>The Mitchells vs The Machines<\/strong><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>writers Peter Baynham and Sarah Smith delve into the effects of technology on relationships in the social media age, along with a brief nod at tech giants corruptly harvesting personal data. It\u2019s a little formulaic but full of heart, shining best when centering on misfits Barney and Ron\u2019s tender and amusing friendship. There\u2019s also plenty of comedy courtesy of Ron\u2019s malfunctions, resulting in a number of <\/span>hilariously outrageous set pieces – along with a brilliant dial up tone gag.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grazer channels the social awkwardness of Freddy Freeman from <\/span>Shazam!<\/strong> <\/span><\/i>in the sweet but lonely underdog role, sharing a fun and heartwarming dynamic with <\/span>Galifianakis\u2019 ever-learning robot. Like <\/span>Big Hero 6<\/i><\/strong>, Smith and Co. take the time to develop their <\/span>relationship, with Ron attempting to learn about Barney while figuring out how to become his friend<\/span>. However, it\u2019s Olivia Colman who regularly steals the show as the hilariously out of control, but fiercely loving, Bulgarian grandma Donka, who often wields a drill (and a goat!)<\/span><\/p>\n

The animation team combines the cuddly white figure of Baymax with the sleek components of Wall-E\u2019s Eve in the adorable <\/span>line of capsule B-Bots, which will undoubtedly become the next must-have toy. For Disney fans, there\u2019s also a number of fun (if a little on the nose) nods to their wider IP throughout.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ron\u2019s Gone Wrong<\/i><\/strong> is a sweet and breezy animated story of an unlikely friendship, which celebrates and champions the underdog.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ron\u2019s Gone Wrong <\/i>was seen and reviewed at the London Film Festival<\/a>. It will be in cinemas on 15 October.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s one boy and his defunct (but adorable) robot taking on a tech giant in the first family animated feature from British animation studio Locksmith Animation, Ron\u2019s Gone Wrong. Read our review…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":121291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2615,8],"tags":[7273],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/RGW.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121290"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121294,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121290\/revisions\/121294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}