Movie review: Disney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid

I'm like, permanently scarred from that night.

Release date: December 2, 2021

Disney’s 3D adaptations of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books have of course been made to attract the franchise to a new, younger, modern audience. And for some long-time fans of the series, this failed miserably.

I just started reading this series in 2019 when McDonalds bundled short Diary of a Wimpy Kid books with every happy meal. The only one I DO remember having was the Do It Yourself (Maccas edition) book. So obviously I haven’t been reading this series for long, but what are my opinions on this film?

So it’s basically Diary of a Wimpy Kid but with half the plot cut out, shortening in it to literally fifty three minutes. How dissapointing is that?

But the decent animation and CGI and great script make up for it, but what would have made it better was if the soundtrack score was actually GOOD. This basic 2010s kids movie score is just not it for Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

So the rest of this review is going to be me talking about the characters.

So Greg is voiced by Brady Noon who delivers his lines well, but sounds like he has a cough during this entire film. He really captures the essences of what a selfish person Greg is in this movie with just his voice.

The deviousness of Fregley in the original trilogy was disgusting to me and I really hated his character. But in this movie, they actually made his disgustingness.. FUNNY?!

What is not funny is Rowley. In this movie he straight-up takes an idea from Greg and uses it to his popularity and acts like a jerk after his cast injury. As Greg has said multiple times “He’s left-handed! He can feed himself just fine!”

Ok, so this movie was actually pretty good. For some reason, I didn’t like it the first time I saw it because the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is supposed to have a funny feel. But to younger me, with the background music and everything, it just felt sad. But now I’m (3) years older, I actually kinda like it!

Rating: 3/5