‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ movie review: Robot BFF shenanigans
The Hindu
The kid-friendly outing asks if technology could replace human friendships, and eventually turns into a mission against the ubiquitous presence of the same
Ron’s Gone Wrong begins on a dystopian idea of a future where friends are replaced by robots. Even though the concept is slightly scary, it becomes accommodating as the film delves into the plot.
Bubble, a tech giant, invents a robot buddy called Bubble Bot designed to help kids make friends. They are cute R2-D2-shaped robot buddies (their voices are nothing like R2-D2 though) that connect with other robot buddies, download information about the human owner/friend, share pictures, and do everything that a social medium currently does.
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