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'Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (2021)' is a poor excuse of an adaptation. In fact, it's a poor excuse of a film. It just feels incredibly lazy. There's no reason for the thing to run a measly fifty-eight minutes, especially not when it cuts out considerable chunks of its source material to do so. It also lacks any semblance of structure, seeming more like a series of skits than an actual cohesive story. Each segment only has the loosest of consequences, and the overall piece lacks any real sense of escalation. I've read that it was initially planned as an animated series, which may explain why it's so short and lacks a solid structure; it's just a series of episodes smushed into one barely-feature-length feature film. They'll probably pump out another fifteen of these (one for each book) in the span of about five years. It's really underwhelming overall. For something so short, it sure is dull. The animation is plain bad, with weirdly low-effort character designs and generally unconvincing movement. It would've probably been better if the picture retained the style it adopts for its first few moments, one which emulates the crude drawings of the book using 2D animation that looks as though it's occurring on wrinkled sheets of lined paper (i.e. Within the eponymous diary). The characters are paper thin, too. What's worse is that only one of them is likeable, and he isn't even the protagonist. I get that Greg is meant to be selfish, jealous and so concerned with being cool that he can't see what's truly important (or that the obsession itself is what's primarily preventing him from being considered so). However, there's no real characterisation outside of these negative aspects, which leaves you feeling totally alienated from him. You're honestly more likely to cheer than cry when he gets laughed at. Ultimately, though, this just feels like nothing. It isn't engaging and it isn't enjoyable. It genuinely feels like the filmmakers don't care about it. If that's the case, how could they ever expect us to? Also, Rodrick is only in it for (literally) about two minutes. #notmyrodrick. 3/10.

It's just so difficult to review or rate a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie without comparing it to the original three. The concept was cool, but it really failed to deliver a consistent story.

Overall 5/10.

Only thought there were a few funny parts, most notable sequence was Fregley's house. They cut out really important parts from the book, (including the saftey patrol), plus only 2 minutes of Rodrick? They also made Greg likeable, which is not something you should do. Go watch the live action, this is very boring and mostly unfunny.

Here are the main points I would like to make about this movie

Pros:

• This movie follows the book very well. Everything happens in the same order, which I find to be nice. I do think that this movie follows the storyline of the book better than the live action films.

• It is very nice to see Greg and his world in a fresh animation (manny is literally cursed.. the other characters are fine)

Cons:

• The voice acting throughout this movie isn't very "high-quality" Sometimes the characters' voices don't really capture the emotion as much as I would expect, and sometimes Susan Heffley sounds like her audio was recorded in a car..
• While the fresh animation style is nice, it seems unfinished. This movie seems to be experimental, like the animation isn't finished yet.

They don't add anything to the diary of a wimpy kid universe. This movie is the definition of lazy cash grab remakes. Not only does it not hold up to the original book but also to the original movie. They stripped everything that made the book and the original movie funny and special. Avoid this plz if you love the original books and movies because this is not the DOAWK I grew up to lover. Also, at least the Long Haul was an actual movie.