Movie review
October 14, 2021 · 107 min · PG · Kids · Sci-Fi · Animation · Comedy · Family
Ron's Gone Wrong is an animated comedy about a middle school boy named Barney and his malfunctioning robot friend named Ron. They go on a fun adventure to escape a big technology company. The movie focuses on the value of real-life friendship and the dangers of spending too much time on social media. The background school and office settings show standard everyday racial diversity.
Community feedback
Was our 9% Woke rating accurate?
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Ron's Gone Wrong.
Woke representation / casting
The film shows standard everyday diversity in its school and tech company settings. There are no prominent identity-driven casting choices or forced representation priorities. The cast is normal and fits the modern, realistic world of the story.
10%
Woke political dialogue
The dialogue is free of modern political, social-justice, or identity lectures. The characters only discuss standard topics like middle school social issues, technology, and friendship.
0%
Production
Identity-driven story themes
The story is a classic tale of a boy and his robot. It does not focus on themes of race, gender, sexuality, or social justice. The main conflict is about true friendship versus superficial online likes.
0%
Western institutional / cultural critique
The movie contains a simple, lighthearted satire of big tech companies and screen addiction. It does not use activist language to critique Western culture, traditional family structures, or social institutions. In fact, Barney's traditional immigrant family is shown in a very warm and loving light.
5%
Woke character or canon changes
Not present in this title.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
There was virtually no mainstream backlash or controversy. Only a couple of very small personal blogs mentioned standard background diversity in a negative way, but these complaints had no wider impact.
5%
Creator track record context
The key creative team is composed of veteran family-animation professionals with almost no activist history. While a couple of individuals have shown mild progressive leanings or supported arts charity work in the past, their collective focus here is strictly on non-political children's content.
10%
Movie · 2017
A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.
Movie · 2021
Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City.
Movie · 2017
Based on the bestselling book series, this outrageous comedy tells the story of George and Harold, two overly imaginative pranksters who hypnotize their principal into thinking…
Movie · 2024
Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot.
Movie · 2016
A harried prehistoric bird mother entrusts her precious, soon-to-hatch egg to Sid. When she recommends him to her neighbours, business booms at his new egg-sitting service.
Movie · 2021
Greg Heffley is a scrawny but ambitious kid with an active imagination and big plans to be rich and famous – he just has to survive middle school first.
Movie · 2024
Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad.
Movie · 2020
A young rabbit embarks on a journey to dig the burrow of her dreams, despite not having a clue what she's doing.
