That night, at a motel, Greg secretly gets his phone from the car. As soon as they start, everyone's phones are immediately confiscated by Susan, so the road trip is "absolutely technology-free".
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His favorite Internet star, Mac Digby, will be attending so he plans to sneak off from the road trip and secretly go to the Player Expo. Later, Greg learns that the Player Expo is taking place not far from Meemaw's house in Indianapolis. He subsequently becomes famous when the footage is posted on the Internet, becoming an embarrassing meme called "Diaper Hands". Greg is then sent to rescue Manny from inside a tube in the play area but ends up in the ball pit with a diaper stuck to his hand and freaking out while searching for Manny. The Heffley family dines at a restaurant called Corny’s, where Susan announces the family plan for a road trip to attend Meemaw’s 90th birthday party, much to Rodrick and Greg's dismay.
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The film would later be the last one in the series to be produced by 20th Century Fox before the studio was acquired by Disney in 2019 and the last one before the series was rebooted into animated films, starting with the 2021 Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie on Disney+. The film was also a box office disappointment, only grossing $40 million worldwide against a $22 million budget. By 2016, a live-action adaptation of the ninth book, The Long Haul, was in development, with the aforementioned new cast. It instead features a completely different cast (which includes Jason Drucker, Alicia Silverstone, Tom Everett Scott, Charlie Wright, and Owen Asztalos), and the plot follows the Heffleys as they go on a road trip to Meemaw's 90th birthday party, without realizing the various calamities that will occur along the way.Īfter the release of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days in 2012, the film was described as the last live-action one in the franchise, with the original cast and crew indicating that were no plans for a fourth film. It is also the only live-action installment in the series not to feature the cast members from the first three films as they outgrew their roles. It was based on the ninth book of the same name, with elements of the seventh, eighth, and tenth books in the series. It serves as a sequel to Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, and the fourth installment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series and the final live-action film in the franchise. It's nothing special on that front, but the cross-audience appeal and wide selection of funny moments, topped off with the book's style animation makes 'Wimpy Kid' an appealing, but unlikely treat.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is a 2017 American road comedy film written and directed by David Bowers and co-written by the books' author Jeff Kinney. The theme of the whole story isn't produced in a grand spectacle, but isn't done terribly either. Instead, as we walk with the character through his first year, we learn to love him. It's a mickey take, and the protagonist doesn't have to be liked or loved. But the very nature of the film, and the fact that Greg Heffley is a child who believes he knows everything will appeal to parents and older kids, such a myself, as well.
The script and story itself is just a collection of stories in his first year at the school, but they are linked together nicely through the story of his friendship with embarrassing but lovely best friend Rowley.įor kids the film has plenty of gags, which parents will enjoy too. As well as wonderful, although short, performances from Rachael Harris and Steve Zahn, Thor Freudenthal brings together a nice set of characters.
All of the children act well, especially supporting best friend Robert Capron and older brother Devon Bostick. Its witty and clever direction is impressive, especially when the crew are working with one of the three golden don'ts of cinema, children. Starring the excellent Zachary Gordon in his first major role as the central protagonist Greg Heffley, 'Wimpy Kid' tells the story of a wimpy dork, who through the use of his diary, which he repeatedly tells people is a journal, tells us of his first days in middle school in the US. Adapted from the bestselling books, 'Diary Of A Wimpy Kid' hits all the right notes in something which utterly is for all of the family.
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