Diary of a Wimpy Kid

An adaptation of a kid's book sensation. Not sure exactly how well it adheres to the books, but the movie is filled to the brim with common themes among school age kids movies and that makes for a movie that you feel like you've seen a hundred times over, in other words it's not particularly interesting.

should have been titled diary of an annoying, rude, spoiled, and shitty kid

It's a pretty decent adaptation of the book. People say they don't really like the main character, but have they actually met someone in middle school? The majority of them are more worried about status than anything else. It's not like he doesn't really learn his lesson by the end. I got a decent amount of laughs out of it, and Steve Zahn stole the show when he was on screen.

I didn't grow up reading the material of which this film stems from, but I had friends who loved this so I was curious to see how it faired in some form and maybe I'd like more when I was younger, but this isn't too bad. I'd say it definitely has its good moments, despite its intentional false narrative of school. The cast as a whole, I really liked. They weren't the best actors but I could get behind them pretty easily. Curious to see how the others fair in comparison.

Main kid isn't likeable, some funny parts.

I enjoy it more than I should

Here is a cool thing about middle school:

It was a decent kids film, I guess. It doesn't really cover any new ground in terms of stories for children, but it's presented in a witty, fun package. It did have a couple of genuinely amusing moments. The lead actor was likable enough, even if his character was kind of a dick. All the other kids were fine too. The ending felt a little rushed though, and there was some green screen work that literally offended me. Still, I'll probably check out the sequels.

Sweet story about 12 year olds entering middle school. Chloe Grace Moretz is very cute in this. The entire movie has an awkward sweetness to it. Full of familiar childhood moments and adolescent angst. Zachary Gordon performance was good, as the younger brother picked on incessantly by his older brother and most of his peers. Full of humorous and unexpected moments. Rachael Harris is awesome as the mother, and Steve Zahn is a great father.

An unfunny and charmless kids film with a gratingly forced tone.

I actually read these I'm middle school. I can say that it's definitely accurate to the first book. Doesn't mean it's particularly good, but it does mean that is suppose to appeal to those who grew with the books. I didn't love it, but it has its moments, and is satisfying towards the end.

A film you would expect to see on TV in the morning, when the program for pre-teen kids is on. It is not horrible or anything, in fact, it's quite good for the kids, but I have no idea what was my reasoning behind watching it.

Does a 12-year-old audience in general identify with spoiled, egotistical, treacherous and morally reprehensible anti-heroes? No, I don't think this genre works that well with a douchebag protagonist. Whether your age is nearer 12, 24 or 48, stick with the all-natural taste of "Freaks and Geeks"; this movie is as artificial as a CGI piece of processed cheese stuck to the school playground.

Really boring. Only watched to have something to do while running.

The dishonorable, even dastardly hero, or better say antihero, can be charitably said to have a lot of growing up to do. But whatever lesson the target audience may take away, actual grown-ups can appreciate the spectacle in the full knowledge that the growing-up in many ways and in many cases never gets done. The universality of the character extends way beyond his age group. Gordon is, for all the character's faults, vulnerable and sympathetic in the title role.

Unlike its bestselling source material, Diary of a Wimpy Kid fails to place a likable protagonist at the center of its middle-school humor -- and its underlying message is drowned out as a result.

Good story (very accurate!) but the main character was a completely unlikeable little prick.

I'm not but I felt more sympathy for the sidekick than I did for the "hero" who was pretty much a jerk almost all the way through the story.

A movie clearly made only for, and only accessible or interesting to, little kids. A waste of time.

Sitcom-style coming of age shenanigans will be overly familiar for anyone who has ever seen… well, a sitcom; there’s not a great deal of cleverness or wit here, with the episodic narrative, and sometimes laboured set-up and punchlines, becoming wearying. Served well by a capable cast, though Gordon can’t quite make his obnoxious lead likable; Moretz as always is a ray of sunshine in any scene that she appears in. The Charlie Brown-style music score seems like an ostentatiously hopeful swing!

C+

Reminded me of my childhood.

When author Jeff Kinney's best-selling series of Wimpy Kid novels started hitting bookshelves in 2007, they hooked young readers with a fun comic-book-meets-novel blend. Each edition contained short, sharply funny tales and winsomely appealing stick figure drawings. Each was presented as if it were Greg Heffley's doodle-covered journal. Each could be read through in an afternoon. (pluggedin.com)

Okay film. Dumb kids doing dumb things.

Fresh and original.

Fair family film that allows the hero to be a little dark, in the weird, stratified US school system. Some good gags and easily the highest count of "walk things" I've seen in any movie.

"A litany of humiliations befalls the protagonist, fitting given that this adaptation of Jeff Kinney's popular kids-lit series is itself a minor embarrassing misfire." - Nick Schager

A cute movie to which anyone that's been a kid before can relate. There are some genuinely funny moments and a nice, but sometimes overstated, lead performance from newcomer Zachary Gordon.

Engaging/fun film that has meaning that goes beyond highschool to life itself.

I rather liked it, and although it is childish I think it is more intelligent than most modern films.

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Much like the book it's been derived from, the movie is a wonderful family-comedy that can be appreciated by both adults who were once junior-highers and pre-teens entering that stage. I laughed out loud through a lot of this and found the young actors to be spot-on. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' is clever, witty, and charming to the core.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a stylish little story not afraid to be squeaky clean. Think "A Christmas Story", and you'll understand what type of movie it is. There aren't a lot of ba-hah laughs here, but there is plenty of cuteness that will make most anybody grin. Recommend for the entire family.

Witty & creative - the younger version of Bridget Jones diary ? Predictable, yes. But still I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Clean harmless entertainment.

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Family comedy based on the graphic novel of the same name about a boy attempting to navigate the the treacherous middle school years. A bit of harmless fun. It has charming actors and a sweet story with a predictable amount of gross-out and body-function humor sprinkled throughout.

This Diary of a Wimpy kid is too often dull, unappealing and clumsy, hobbled by unnecessary changes and inventions that add no charm, energy or, truly, point.

Makes you remember the horrors of being stuck at that age. Very funny.

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Good: Wimpy kid's friend is nice; like the newspaper girl, good actress and character - Bad: everything else, main character is unlikable, acts like a self-important prick...one reviewer said it best: "Diary of a Rotten Kid", was hoping he'd get beat up, parents are bland, movie is unfunny, cheese is the lamest plot device.