Diary of a Wimpy Kid Review
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” is based on the best selling illustrated novel by Jeff Kinney. This is a story about a pre-teen boy named Greg, who is trying to figure out how to survive in middle school. In Greg’s eyes middle school is awful, and filled with bullies and morons. To survive, he comes up with a series of schemes, with hopes of climbing to the top of the social ladder. Though his plans backfire on him, in the end he realizes what’s really important.
Rating: Five out of five buckets
Release Date: August 3, 2010
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 7+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
Greg’s older brother, Roderick, plays many pranks and jokes on Greg.
Talking Points:
Through all the bullying and teasing there are nice messages throughout the movie.
- Be a good and loyal friend.
- Greg’s mom say’s “You have to trust your gut and do the right thing . . . because it’s our choices that shape us.”
- There’s also the message to be yourself and people will like you.
At the end of the movie one girl says to a mean, controlling girl, “There’s middle school, then high school, then life, all the things that matter to you now won’t matter then.”
One of my favorite things about he movie is that even though Greg was teased and bullied, he never lets it get him down. He remained upbeat, and even more persistent.
There’s a lot of potty humor, from Greg urinating all over his brother, and kids playing with boogers.
There are no doors on the bathroom stalls, we see some students sitting on the toilet. Greg say’s that he’s not pooping until high school.
Sexual Content: Mild
- Greg found a magazine under his brother’s bed, with a women in a skimpy bikini on a motorcycle.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
- Teenagers chase and threaten to beat up Greg, and his best friend Rawly, throughout the movie. Younger kids may find them scary.
- Teenagers force Rawley to scrape a rancid piece of cheese off the ground and take a bite of it.
- On Halloween they go to Devil Worshipper Woods. Before they go trick or treating, Greg’s older brother tells the boys a scary story about those woods.
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
- Words such as “idiot” and “jerk”
Overall it’s a fun movie, with humor that kids will enjoy, great characters, and nice messages. I think the target grade is third grade and up. Though there were younger kids in the theater, some parents may feel uncomfortable bringing younger kids, because of the potty humor, and the bullying. Everyone that I interviewed in the theater loved it, they thought it was funny. One mom loved the nice messages that were brought out in the movie. I give it 5 out of 5 popcorn buckets.
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