If your kid loves the books, then he/she may very well enjoy the film but likely on a lesser level.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 6, 2020

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid saga continues with this predictably mediocre installment...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 4, 2016

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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 16, 2013

The pre-teen cast seems rudderless, without an interested hand guiding them into worthwhile comedic performances.

| Feb 9, 2012

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.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 15, 2011

Maintains the good-natured, playful and zany spirit that made that first movie one of the better non-fantasy-related kid films out there.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 6, 2011

A colourful, good-hearted romp with some memorable set-pieces and decent lines, crisply directed by David Bowers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 31, 2011

It's an episodic film, rather less interesting than its British director David Bowers's earlier work as an animator in Britain and America.

| May 28, 2011

Essentially a feature-length sitcom episode, but it's often laugh-out-loud funny, and it respects its young audience.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 27, 2011

A U-certificate adventure that all of the family can enjoy together, with some cute little bits of animation thrown in for good measure.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 27, 2011

For a family entertainment this isn't at all bad.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 27, 2011

It is a bit of a stretch at an hour and forty, but nonetheless this is great fun and a strong opener for the summer's family movie season.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 27, 2011

There are momentary shafts of something like wit within this slightly bland mix...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 27, 2011

I am giving this film four out of five stars because they made some changes to the storyline, but it is still awesome.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 27, 2011

More entertaining than its lacklustre predecessor but has the feel of a straight-to-DVD film.

| May 27, 2011

Greg's screen adventures are too sketchy (hampered by their diary-format origins) and the acting too patchy (hands-up Steve Zahn's cartoony dad) for the film to be any more than a passable half-term diversion.

| May 27, 2011

Not every sequel is a cynical rip-off of innocent moviegoers, and here's the welcome proof.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 26, 2011

Funnier and faster than its charming predecessor.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 26, 2011

If you think that people falling over is hilarious - and let's face it, most kids do - then you'll love this film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 26, 2011

A release aimed at the half-term crowd, but accompanying adults will find plenty to enjoy, too.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 26, 2011