Ronal the Barbarian
Ronal the Barbarian

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Ronal the Barbarian

2011
Movie
89 min
Danish

Ronal is a young barbarian with low self-esteem, the polar opposite of all the muscular barbarians in his village. He's a real wuss. However, as fate would have it, responsibility for the tribe's survival falls on Ronal's scrawny shoulders, when the evil Lord Volcazar raids the village and abducts every living barbarian with the exception of Ronal, who is forced to go on a perilous quest to save his enslaved clan and thwart Volcazar’s plot to rule the world.

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IMDb6.2/10
Google Users68%
Director: Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Philip Einstein LipskiGenres: Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Plot Summary

In a time of fierce barbarians, Ronal is the weakest, most effeminate man in his clan. When the evil Volcazar abducts their leader, Ronal must embark on a perilous quest to rescue him. Along the way, he teams up with a fierce shieldmaiden and a flamboyant elven prince, facing mythical beasts and treacherous challenges.

Critical Reception

Ronal the Barbarian received mixed reviews, with critics often praising its unique, adult-oriented animation style and dark humor, while some found its crude jokes and over-the-top violence to be polarizing. Audience reception was similarly divided, appreciating its unconventional approach to the barbarian genre but sometimes put off by its explicit content.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its bold, adult animation style and satirical take on the barbarian trope.

  • Criticized by some for its reliance on crude and excessive humor.

  • Seen as a uniquely bizarre and entertaining, albeit divisive, animated comedy.

Google audience: Google users generally found 'Ronal the Barbarian' to be a funny and original animated film, appreciating its mature humor and animation. However, some viewers felt the humor was too crude or repetitive, and that the plot could be weak at times.

Fun Fact

The film's animation style, while appearing simple, uses a unique 3D rendering technique to achieve a distinct, almost hand-drawn look for its characters and environments.

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RealZero

RealZero

Okay, so, this movie is, as the cover should already tell you, fucked up to some degree. 😁 But I think it's fucked up in a funny way. Ronal is a relatively standard "fantasy story": Gather your group of adventurers to get an artifact to...