Ron’s Gone Wrong Review
The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device. Ron’s malfunctions set against the backdrop of the social media age launch them on a journey to learn about true friendship.
Why did I come to this movie again?
It looked fun and was on Disney +. I honestly hadn’t heard much about it and felt like it was in and out of the theaters in like a month.
4 of 5
Characters
Barney, the main character, and his family just seem…pathetic and sad. I grew up not having everything the other kids did, and I never felt this out of place. Maybe because I had a group of good friends. I understand that the film has to go to extremes in order to provoke the audience to the correct emotions. Everyone has felt like an outsider, even when they never looked like it.
I didn’t love his dad. I did love his grandma. The other kids were shallow until they weren’t, which worked considering they’re middle-school aged.
All in all I liked the characters, but I was only in love with Ron. Yes, the robot. He was adorable and fun.
4 of 5
Did I care what happened?
Nothing about the plot of this show surprised me. Nothing about the movie Coco surprised me either—I literally predicted the end in my head as we were watching it—but where Coco packed a huge emotional punch, Ron’s Gone Wrong fell short. If Coco was a ten, then Ron’s Gone Wrong was a six. Not bad, but nothing that I was dying to tell my friends about.
I did like the message about the pitfalls of social media and the fact that everyone is lonely sometimes. I also enjoyed the how to be a friend board.
4 of 5
Plot Holes
I did roll my eyes quite a few times at the plot holes. The simple fact that only one kid in the entire school, Barney, doesn’t have a robot friend is ridiculous. Even now there has to be more than one kid in a Junior High that doesn’t have a cell phone.
Several other plot points made me twitch. However, this is a show aimed at middle schoolers, and I don’t think they would care about most of them.
3 of 5
How many times did I yawn?
The pacing felt pretty good. I only picked up my phone to look at it a couple of times because I got bored. (We watched at home.)
4 of 5
Cool Factor
I’m going to call this the cute factor. In a nutshell I’d call this film charming and fun.
4 of 5
The End
The moral of the story was a bit heavy handed, but besides being predictable, I didn’t have a problem with the end.
4 of 5
Overall Enjoyment
The hubby and I laughed quite a bit as we watched. The film is fun and younger kids should both enjoy it and get something out of it.
4 of 5
Total: 30
That’s a Green Belt!
White Belt: 1-10
Yellow Belt: 11-19
Purple Belt: 20-25
Green Belt: 26-30
Brown Belt: 31-35
Black Belt: 36-40
