It makes you laugh, it makes you smile, it makes you appreciate, and it makes you want to look around and hug those gosh darn wonderful people in your life.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 20, 2020

In stepping back and viewing it not as a super-faithful adaptation, but as entertainment aimed primarily at young girls, there is certainly something to be celebrated here...

| Jun 13, 2018

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 18, 2012

Just try not to smile as you watch the imaginative misfit Ramona make classic childhood mistakes in this ebullient adaptation of Beverly Cleary's timeless series.

| Aug 15, 2011

...an affable yet forgettable little comedy...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 26, 2011

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 31, 2011

Very entertaining and even heartbreaking in some moments...

| Dec 3, 2010

Captures the spirit of the Beverly Cleary books and offers a Ramona who's a believable combination of mischief and innocence.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 14, 2010

Only a twisted, seriously sad individual could have a problem with this sunny tween comedy, which I hated.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2010

This sitcom-bright film doesn't come close to the quality of the Beverly Cleary book series, but it's a sweet, frequently charming effort that doesn't betray its G rating.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 22, 2010

Despite everyone's efforts, Ramona comes across as an insufferably spoilt and attention-seeking little horror.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 22, 2010

Performances are perfectly pleasant, but more of Ramona's flights of fancy and less lingering on the adult romance would've added some oomph.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 21, 2010

Nothing to frighten the horses, as they say, or interest or entertain them much, either.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 21, 2010

True, it's just a bit overlong for junior attention spans, but given that the boys get lots of movies with wizards and special effects, little girls will surely welcome a film that seems tailored just for them.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2010

Fans of the Ramona Quimby books will be disappointed, but tween girls will love it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 20, 2010

The best live action children's film since Nanny McPhee 2.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 20, 2010

This is an almost quaint throwback of a kids' movie that ends up enjoyably ragtag and cluttered, all of it contained by an emphasis on neighbourhood and maturity. Realistic, refreshing, and reassuring.

Full Review | Sep 8, 2010

A film for kids trying far too hard to appeal to their parents.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 13, 2010

This movie understands how to get into the head of a little kid. Plus, there's a little romance for the parents as well.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 8, 2010