If you’ve ever watched “Big Hero 6” and thought, “But what if Baymax was little and Polish,” then rejoice, because “Ron’s Gone Wrong” is pretty much exactly that. And that wouldn’t be a bad thing if the story held any of the warmth that the earlier robot movie captured.
But directors Jean-Phillipe Vine and Sarah Smith (who also co-wrote the script with Peter Baynham) remove all the emotion that made “Big Hero 6” an enveloping, heartfelt story about grief. Instead, “Ron’s Gone Wrong” offers partially realized messaging about social media while populating the story with elementary sight gags, too many overused “fish out of water” tropes, and attractive merchandise options.