Staged around events of the summer vacation, Wimpy Greg Heffley now in seventh grade, thinks he has it all together until a misguided plot by his parents to bond him with his elder brother.
The physical comedy will have the typical 10-year-old and some grown-ups cackling with glee.
Fan The Fire
June 15, 2011
I'm not asking for Citizen Kane here, but just a wisp of expansion to the characters, an actual narrative that the film can walk down, or just some sort of ambition to the whole project would not have gone amiss.
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series might more aptly be titled Diary of a Wimpy Family.. The film sequel is more engaging than the original was because it spends more time at home.
As portrayed by Zachary Gordon, Greg lacks ... charm and spontaneity ... No real sparks of mischievousness or bone-deep embarrassment or endearing flush of affection light this kid up.
The problem doesn't really lie in the acting but in the writing. There's too much effort expended on making the kids cute and cuddly, instead of plausible.
Even though this new movie is under another director, it feels very much like the first film. The characters are great, being both relateable and extreme.
