Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

  The Golden Globes Award nominations come out this Thursday, which means it's time to start looking at who is going to be nominated for the Oscars.  I'm not in school anymore so I'm hoping to improve upon last year's dismal count.  You know this is a lock for one of the Best Animated Feature slots so why not see it now?

Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) and Ralph (John C. Reilly) have spent the last six years establishing a comfortable routine.  For Ralph, it's been the happiest, most stable time in his life, but Vanellope is starting to get a little bored with the same activities day in and day out.  Then the steering wheel to her game breaks and the entire world of Sugar Rush is in jeopardy.  A replacement part is available on eBay but it is too expensive for Mr. Litwak (Ed O'Neill) so he decides to sell the game for scrap parts.  Ralph and Vanellope only have a few days to get the part themselves from the Internet.  Having a very limited understanding of the concept of money, they accidentally drive the price of the part to $27,001 and must find a way to come up with the cash.  A spambot (Bill Hader) introduces them to the world of loot auctions, and offers them $40,000 to steal Shank's (Gal Gadot) car from the online racing game Slaughter Race.  Vanellope is immediately entranced by the game, sending Ralph's insecurities into overdrive.  In an effort to curb her enthusiasm by making Slaughter Race boring, Ralph releases a virus into the game, which then threatens the entire Internet.

There were so many jokes and references in this film, you'd have to go frame by frame to spot them all.  This is definitely a movie made for repeat viewings.  There were a couple of moments where I damn near spat out my cherry Coke but I don't want to spoil them for you.  Just know that I will be buying this as soon as it's available.  Also, I need all of the princesses' lounging outfits immediately.  All of them.  Christmas is coming.  Get on it.

There is one potential spoiler that I do want to make clear.  The marketing featured a clip of Ralph playing Bunny Pancake, Cat Milkshake that does not make it into the actual movie.  I know a lot of people were disappointed, but it actually gets incorporated (hilariously) into the mid-credits sequence so stick around through the pop songs.  The post-credit sequence is not strictly necessary if you have to leave before the 10 minutes of scrolling names are finished, but it is cute.  Also, someone on the production named their kid Akira, so there's that.