Media review : Diary of a Wimpy kid movie (2010)

Title: Diary of a Wimpy kid
Rating: PG
Running Time: 94 min
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Writers:
Jackie Filgo (screenplay) &
Jeff Filgo (screenplay) and
Gabe Sachs (screenplay) &
Jeff Judah (screenplay)
Jeff Kinney (book)
Actors:
Zachary Gordon – Greg Heffley
Robert Capron – Rowley Jefferson
Rachael Harris – Susan Heffley(Greg’s mom)
Steve Zahn- Frank Heffley (Greg’s dad)
Genre: – Comedy | Family
Recommend to: age 9 and up
Synopsis
Greg is starting his first year in middle school and he is trying to figure out how to move up the popularity scale. He records all of his schemes and antics in his “Diary” that he says is really a journal. Greg thinks he will be famous one day and everyone will want to read about his experiences.
He and his friend Rowley try out for wrestling, safety patrol and the cartoonist for the school paper on Greg’s quests for popularity. In a twist of fate, Rowley actually starts to climb the popularity scale leaving Greg behind. Greg lies about Rowley to get him in trouble. When Rowley finds out he does not want to be friends with Greg anymore. Can Rowley forgive Greg? What will it take for them to be friends again?
Analysis
This movie is spot on with the ups and downs of middle school life. In one of the beginning scenes Greg asks who are these kids? It’s like invasions of the body snatchers they left for summer vacation looking like little kids now they look like monsters. His friend Rowley just wants to play, he is still a little boy in his heart. Greg wants to grow up, he is straddling the line between child and teen- The quintessential tween dilemma.