A failed attempt at riding on the popularity of the book series it is based on. It is like a rejected pilot for a Nickelodeon sitcom. Downright distasteful. The wimpy kid is a total jerk. I could not sympathize with this character at all, I hated him all the way through. Sadly, the movie often comes across more like a low-budget series of gross-out sketches. Too soon, maybe 30 minutes in, audience laughs turn to chuckles, fading to worn smiles. The film encourages urine, fart, and booger humor, which reeks of nose-picker pandering, compounded by a message of personal worth that never comes through clearly enough. The thing in this film that feels most alive is a slice of cheese rotting on a playground blacktop -- which would be a funny joke if it was intentional.
Review of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
