Reilly) and Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Sarah Silverman) on a quest to retrieve a replacement steering wheel for the latter’s racing game cabinet. Picking up six years after the preceding film left off, Ralph Breaks the Internet finds the eponymous Ralph (voiced by John C. Yes, it sports all of the sheen and polish one would expect from the mouse-eared money machine, but could it be considered required viewing? Only the ages of your presumptive children and your opinion on the contemporary relevance of Rickrolling can answer that question for you. This follow-up to Disney/Pixar’s generally well-received 2012 Wreck-it Ralph is so packed with memes and tropes that it will likely prove almost as indecipherable to future generations as it does to out-of-touch old fogies such as myself.
If that conclusion were ever in any doubt, Ralph Breaks the Internet has officially confirmed it. I’ve suspected for quite some time that I might be … old.