Jeff Kinney is a hero in our house. My granddaughter goes through his books like a house afire and anyone who can get kids to read is A-OK in my eyes. I reviewed his first book in April of 2009 so I'm familiar with the series. They're written in the style of a child's journal and interspersed with hilarious hand drawn pictures. Curious to see how this would be adapted to the big screen, I made plans to take my granddaughters. We set off with high expectations, a nine year old, an almost five year old and me, an over twenty-one year old. Diary of a Wimpy Kid lived up to its promise and then some.
We go through a year of middle school with middle child, Greg Heffley, whose clueless parents never seem to catch his older brother terrorizing him. Greg wants to be popular but best friend, Rowley, embarrasses him at every turn. It's ironic that Greg's own actions help Rowley become more popular than him. Greg tries to ride his coattails but ends up testing their friendship.
Movie
The live action film is perfectly cast with Zachary Gordon playing Greg. Some of the cartoon stick figures from the books are interspersed throughout. The movie is fast-paced and funny with typical pre-teen humor, including booger jokes that grossed out the girls - they loved it. In fact, we all loved the movie and afterwards we made a trip to Barnes & Noble and bought a copy of "The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary." The hardcover book is written in the same style as the others and it's the perfect companion to the movie. It takes you behind the scenes, including photos, and shows you how the movie was made. The girls were fascinated, especially the younger one, who couldn't believe they didn't use real cheese in the "cheese-touch" sequence. You gotta see it.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is 94 minutes long and rated PG for some rude humor and language.
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