Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid

PG

2010

1h 34m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Middle school is not an enjoyable experience for preteen Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) but a horrid ordeal of social land-mines that he must bear. To do so, he devises schemes to win him the recognition and status he feels he deserves -- all of which fail miserably. Greg chronicles his misadventures, thoughts and opinions in a diary to prepare for the day that he will no longer have to put up with nonsense.

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Critics Consensus

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.

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Philippa Hawker

The Age (Australia)

Sep 23, 2010

3/5

Conveys, in a good-humoured, sharply observed way, the small, painful cruelties and unpredictable rules of early adolescence, and it celebrates awkwardness without feeling the need to convert it into cheap triumph.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Sep 23, 2010

3/5

The film retains much of the original humour, some of it well executed. It's reasonably faithful to the spirit of the books, probably because Kinney is the executive producer, but it's by no means equal to his originals.

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

Sep 22, 2010

4/5

Perceptive, funny, unusually edgy voyage into the comic travails of schoolyard politics and childhood friendship.

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Michael Leader

Den of Geek

May 7, 2024

2/5

Sadly, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid isn’t a modest, Alan Bennett-style slice of ho-hum life, centered around a shy teenager’s weekend job at a Wimpy Bar in Lewisham. No, this is a big, brassy, colourful, and American, kids’ flick.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Jul 19, 2022

Good enough for any age. [Full review in Spanish]

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Felicia Feaster

Charleston City Paper

Jan 23, 2020

The movie is funny, endearing, and true enough to the life-is-pain spirit of the books.

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Brayden G

@DeadShotVibe802 2 days ago

This movie has so many memes

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Movie R

@MoviesareOK 4 days ago

5 stars, hot take but honestly don’t care, childhood classic in my opinion, so underrated, only reason people’s limit is because it doesn’t hit the childhood and good vibes it hits for me, I remember as a kid every weekend I would watch it, never got sick of it, brings back so many memories, OK humor but that’s not the point, it really makes me feel good to watch it, from my heart definitely would recommend, only reason it ain’t a 5 is because 2 is better because of the better humor, and story

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Teddy B

@RT90521672 5 days ago

There is something utterly charming and assured in both the performances and Freudenthal's direction that miraculously manages to pull off big laughs without being pandering or overly-cliched.

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Raiyaan G

@RT53560079 Nov 2, 2026

Hello you did super bad this movie sucks do better I would eat raw meat before watching this hope everything goes bad have a bad day

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Challea S

@RT62384661 Oct 30, 2026

I have never in my 29 years of living seen a movie this bad that made me want to rip my eyeballs out of their socket. My son and I absolutely wish we could get the 1 hour and 30 minutes back in our lives. Then yall had him pee on his brother and yall thought that was appropriate? Yall had a magazine of a woman with her BOOBS there in a kid movie? I should smack all of yall. The cheese touch was the best thing and I’ll even rate that a 0/10. Do better. Fire the director. And you should’ve had the writer of the book Jeff Kinney do this movie. I hope I never see any of the stars on this movie act in anything else. Despicable work. Shame on all of yall. I’d rather read the book in braille before I watch that movie again. I’d rather swallow a Jean jacket and mop the ocean before I ever waste my time on a film like that. And I know you guys might think I’m being dramatic.. however, my son is to my left, and he completely agrees. Thank you for wasting my time. Hope you have a bad day!!!!!!!!!

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Jason V

@Jason_vaz Oct 2, 2026

I love this movie it was actually good and my therapist loved it

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Thor Freudenthal

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Zachary Gordon

Greg Heffley

Robert Capron

Rowley Jefferson

Rachael Harris

Susan Heffley

Devon Bostick

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Synopsis

Middle school is not an enjoyable experience for preteen Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) but a horrid ordeal of social land-mines that he must bear. To do so, he devises schemes to win him the recognition and status he feels he deserves -- all of which fail miserably. Greg chronicles his misadventures, thoughts and opinions in a diary to prepare for the day that he will no longer have to put up with nonsense.

Director: Thor Freudenthal
Producer: Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Ethan Smith
Screenwriter: Jeff Filgo, Jackie Filgo, Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Dune Entertainment
Rating: PG (Some Rude Humor|Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 19, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $64.0M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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