Ralph Breaks the Internet

"Who broke the internet?"

2018 1h 52m EN

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 8,316

AnimationComedyAdventureScience FictionFamily

Synopsis

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Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet — the netizens — to help navigate their way, including an entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site BuzzzTube.

“Who broke the internet?”

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Cast

John C. Reilly
Ralph (voice)
Sarah Silverman
Vanellope (voice)
Gal Gadot
Shank (voice)
Taraji P. Henson
Yesss (voice)
Jack McBrayer
Felix (voice)
Timothy Simons
Butcher Boy (voice)
Phil Johnston
eBay Bidder / Surge Protector (voice)
Mandy Moore
Rapunzel (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Phil Johnston
Writers: Phil Johnston, Pamela Ribon, Josie Trinidad
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$175M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.0× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Wreck-It Ralph Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Phil Johnston, shot by Nathan Warner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Henry Jackman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeremy Milton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman and Gal Gadot carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Phil Johnston directs. Nathan Warner behind the camera. Henry Jackman scores. Jeremy Milton cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1$175M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 3.0× over at the box office.
3Released 8 years ago.
4Part of the "Wreck-It Ralph Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Phil Johnston, shot by Nathan Warner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Henry Jackman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Jeremy Milton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman and Gal Gadot carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Who broke the internet?".
10IMDB entry: tt5848272 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 14 themes, including "video game", "cartoon", "sequel", "internet".
12Released under 21 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Nathan Warner
Original score: Henry Jackman
Editing: Jeremy Milton
Production design: Cory Loftis
VFX supervisor: Scott Kersavage
Sound: Addison Teague
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $175,000,000
Box office: $529,323,962
Return: 302% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

Part of

Wreck-It Ralph Collection

A computer-animated action-adventure comedy film series that follows the adventures of video game characters from Litwak's Family Fun Center & Arcade: Wreck-It Ralph, the antagonist of the arcade game Fix-It Felix Jr; Vanellope von Schweetz, a racer/glitch in Sugar Rush; Fix-It Felix Jr., a repairman who is the hero of Fix-It Felix Jr; Sergeant Tamora Jean Calhoun, the lead character of Hero's Duty and many other characters that are introduced along the way.

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Gimly2019-01-20
★ 5/10
Gets right into the "Internet" part of Ralph Breaks the Internet real early in the piece, and scarcely plods along ever-after. I was surprised that I enjoyed the first Wreck-It Ralph movie, but I was expecting a step down in quality for this one, which I absolutely got. There's still some things to like, and even the core message is an important one we don't see much of, plus i'm sure this will work as a movie for kids, which to be fair is its target demographic, I'm just saying I don't think I'll ever come back to see Ralph break the Internet a second time around. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
r96sk2020-08-26
★ 8/10
Marginally exceeds the original, at least in my eyes. The internet setting works way better than the video game world. Don't get me wrong, I very much enjoyed <em>'Wreck-It Ralph'</em>. I just think this one feels much more relatable, the vast majority of viewers understand the internet as opposed to the smaller market for old arcade games. For that, it means you can do some much more with the premise. All the references are amusing, while the inclusion of the Disney world itself is pretty cool. I do have a few critiques, of course. The run time is about 20 minutes too long, while the final act isn't as great as it could've been. Everything else, though, they get mostly spot on. It's very entertaining, the end credit scenes are terrific too. John C. Reilly (Ralph) and Sarah Silverman (Vanellope) are again very good, Jane Lynch (Calhoun) and Jack McBrayer (Felix) are marginalised but I'd argue that's fine - there's not much more you could do with those two characters. Alan Tudyk returns too, albeit in a new role as KnowsMore. I'm not usually a fan of same actor/different character, but that newbie is fun. Taraji P. Henson (Yesss) and Gal Gadot (Shank) are two newcomers, Gadot's character is more memorable but both are up-to-scratch. I really like this <em>'Ralph Breaks the Internet'</em>, it's a rare Disney animated sequel that has strong quality.
Kamurai2020-09-25
★ 8/10
Great watch, will watch again, and do recommend. Even if you haven't seen the first one, you can watch this just fine. As much as I like this movie, the best part is by far the cg animated Disney Princesses: what a good tease for new CG movies, which they should have been doing instead of the live action garbage. Again, as much as I like this, it is a bit of a deviation from the first movie with a bit of a mixed antithetical message to it. While the first movie focused on Ralph and his quest dragging collateral damage in its wake to eventually bring the characters together in a spirit of inclusion, this movie scales up in a weird way, showing the internet as a place of connected inclusion and then "wrecking it". Even the main story line is about Ralph's mission to fix things so they can maintain a status quo and Vanellope's search for change and "the new". It's literally about how they shouldn't be together, or maybe that they're still together even if they aren't. It just gets weird real fast, and while J.C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman do a great job with their roles, you've got to operate with some suspension of disbelief that they can do any of what they're doing or that it makes any sense. They also deviated with how Ralph "wrecks" things. Once you get past some of the nit-picky stuff, they're on a well structured adventure filled with charm and wonderment with lots of interesting characters. I honestly would be surprised if anyone actively disliked this.