Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie review

April 24, 2010 - #9/100
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)

Upon viewing this movie, I didn't have high expectations because I was aware that this is a movie that was targeted towards children. The entire movie is about this kid named Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon), who keeps a diary about his experiences as a middle school kid. Upon his arrival to middle school, the one thing that he cares about the most is trying to become the most popular kid. But, his best friend Rowley Jefferson (Robert Capron) is definitely holding him back. There are many various scenes near the beginning of the movie where Rowley embarrasses him. In order to attempt to build his reputation up, Greg tries all kinds of activities such as wrestling, becoming a hall monitor, trying out for a school play, etc. Of course, something always happens in order to ruin his bright ideas. Just when things couldn't seem to get any worse for Greg, he ended up doing something that cause his and Rowley's friendship to be messed up. So, Greg spent part of the movie missing his best friend. But, in the end of the movie, they become friends again. Personally, I have never read the book. So, I couldn't tell you whether or not the movie follows the book. Zachary, the kid who played the main character Greg, actually did an amazing job at acting. He will probably have a prosperous career if he keeps it up. For a children's movie, I thought that it was good. I'm sure that there are many kinds who enjoy this movie. But, this wouldn't be a movie that I would want to watch again. Several of the characters were just obnoxious rather than entertaining.

I gave this movie 6/10 stars on imdb.com.