Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)

2010

94 mins

Directed by Thor Freudenthal
55%
49%
14+
Comedy
Kids & Family

This family comedy follows Greg, a wise-cracking teen tasked with surviving the hardest years of one’s life: middle school (FYI,... More

This family comedy follows Greg, a wise-cracking teen tasked with surviving the hardest years of one’s life: middle school (FYI, ‘middle school’ is the American label for intermediate school).

Greg navigates his way through all the social landmines: morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies and a festering piece of cheese with “nuclear cooties”. His quest for the recognition he feels he deserves, in the face of these adversaries, is all noted in a journal (“it’s not a diary, it’s a journal”).

Diary of a Wimpy Kid began as a series of online cartoons by Jeff Kinney, then became the mega-selling illustrated novels on which this film is based.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) | Ratings & Reviews

55_%106 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
49_%103,698 reviews
Audience score rating
14+Age suitability
Children & Media rating

"It's a spry, fluffy comedy."

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Variety

"Lots of Home Alone slapstick for tweens, and enough wry gags for oldsters."

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Total Film

"There is nothing wrong with the story itself, but the tone is grating and the pacing sluggish. Episodes that might be howlingly funny on the page turn weirdly gross and sadistic on screen."

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The New York Times

"A likable movie for kids that will make adults chuckle as well because of the movie's key ingredient -- wit."

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Hollywood Reporter

"It's nimble, bright and funny. It doesn't dumb down. It doesn't patronize. It knows something about human nature."

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Roger Ebert

"Fun, funny and affectionate, though it packs the emotional wallop of an undernourished high school nerd."

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Empire Magazine

"It must be school holiday time because here come the kiddie movies. Thankfully, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is better than many you could be dragged along to by your pre-pubescent munchkin."

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