
To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It's a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor - and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the never-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And... (Full plot summary below)
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To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It's a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor - and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the never-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And he's getting it all down on paper, via a diary - "it's NOT a diary, it's a journal!" Greg insists, preferring the less-sissyfied designation - filled with his opinions, thoughts, tales of family trials and tribulations, and (would-be) schoolyard triumphs. "One day when I'm famous," writes Greg, "I'll have better things to do than answer people's stupid questions all day." So was born the Wimpy Kid's diary.
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| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsKids may love the movie, and even kids who love the books may like it. For me, though, an astonishing percentage of the books' appeal has vanished. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongThe problem with Diary of a Wimpy Kid is the wimpy kid is a jerk. |
| Metro Times (Detroit, MI)Jeff MeyersA mostly winning take on the tween-angst cartoon series |
| E! OnlineLeslie GornsteinMuch of the book's cartoony charm gets lost in the conversion to live action, and we're left with a coming-of-age comedy that just feels aged. |
| CinerinaKarina MontgomerySends all the right messages to the youth audience it targets and also keeps the grownups entertained with that forgotten, pre-ironic innocent comedy that fades as we each discover sex. |
| Bangor Daily News (Maine)Christopher SmithThough not particularly groundbreaking or memorable, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" definitely exceeds the standards for a modern family film and it's almost guaranteed to entertain any kid who goes to see it. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfThe film encourages urine, fart, and booger humor, which reeks of nosepicker pandering, compounded by a message of personal worth that never comes through clearly enough. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullMy seven-year-old daughter, who's been raging to see this movie since it was announced, has already called it "life-changing." How do you argue with that? |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's nimble, bright and funny. It doesn't dumb down. It doesn't patronize. It knows something about human nature. |
| Times-PicayuneMike ScottThe true measure of Freudenthal's film is that it's the rare kid's flick that their parents won't have to merely tolerate. Rather, they will enjoy it, too. |