4 reviews
*** This movie is neither sexist nor politically correct. If you enjoy sexism or extra servings of political correctness, avoid this movie ***
After being let down with so many bad movies this year and the last few years, this movie was a breath of fresh air. It's a fairly honest, slightly exaggerated view of real life. While the father and the older brother are portrayed as total morons, female characters were flawed (yes, they do make movies with flawed female characters ... occasionally) and Greg had some depth (yes, a male character with personality and a brain. Hollywood either made a mistake, or the director was not politically correct).
I found myself laughing quite a few times during this movie because I am a parent and I could relate to many of the scenarios. The things Susan (Alicia Silverstone) does are very relatable.
Don't get me wrong. This is not a deep movie. There's no cleverness. It's just that there was no malice, no sexism, no "i'm a female and therefore i'm a victim" that you get in most modern movies. It was VERY refreshing. Not only that, many of the gags were quite fresh (excluding a "boat incident" from the trailer and a ridiculous gag with a pig in the car). Much of the humour was entertaining and sufficiently different to have me laughing more than I have at any other movie in the last 10 years. This is how people used to make movies before sexism became the norm.
If you have young kids and are sick of sexism rammed down your throat, seriously consider watching this movie. However, if you love your "women are all victims" or like all of your male characters to be total morons, this is NOT the movie for you. The combination of sexism-free and easy going story makes this movie really fresh and quite unique (think of BFG). Just don't expect to be mentally challenged.
After being let down with so many bad movies this year and the last few years, this movie was a breath of fresh air. It's a fairly honest, slightly exaggerated view of real life. While the father and the older brother are portrayed as total morons, female characters were flawed (yes, they do make movies with flawed female characters ... occasionally) and Greg had some depth (yes, a male character with personality and a brain. Hollywood either made a mistake, or the director was not politically correct).
I found myself laughing quite a few times during this movie because I am a parent and I could relate to many of the scenarios. The things Susan (Alicia Silverstone) does are very relatable.
Don't get me wrong. This is not a deep movie. There's no cleverness. It's just that there was no malice, no sexism, no "i'm a female and therefore i'm a victim" that you get in most modern movies. It was VERY refreshing. Not only that, many of the gags were quite fresh (excluding a "boat incident" from the trailer and a ridiculous gag with a pig in the car). Much of the humour was entertaining and sufficiently different to have me laughing more than I have at any other movie in the last 10 years. This is how people used to make movies before sexism became the norm.
If you have young kids and are sick of sexism rammed down your throat, seriously consider watching this movie. However, if you love your "women are all victims" or like all of your male characters to be total morons, this is NOT the movie for you. The combination of sexism-free and easy going story makes this movie really fresh and quite unique (think of BFG). Just don't expect to be mentally challenged.
- samyoung-82648
- Jul 11, 2017
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I was a big fan of the other Wimpy Kid Movies. I'm not big on theaters but I remember the last movie I saw in theaters was Rodrick Rules when I was around 15 years old. I don't even need to read the 1 star reviews for this movie because I know most of them are extended versions of the same point "I hate this movie because it has a new cast."
This is the first time I've written a review for anything on here but this felt necessary. I watched this movie right when it came out on Amazon video. It has the exact same tone and feel as the other movies. If you enjoyed the other movies, this movie will be no different. My biggest complaint of the movie is that there was too much toilet and gross out humor for my taste
Jason Drucker does the role of Greg justice.
I feel like they dumbed Rodrick down a bit for this movie, but Charlie Wright does a great job with the material he's given. He does not deserve the hate he's getting just because he doesn't look like the original Rodrick.
The parents and Manny feel exactly the same. It would probably be jarring if you watched Dog Days/The Long Haul but I had no problem with their portrayal
For Rowley, he doesn't have much to do in the film so we don't see too much of what the new actor brings to the character but of what we do see is great.
By the first time we see Greg and Rowley together in Greg's room, the new actors have already won me over and I see them as the Heffley family and Rowley. Of what little we see of it, Jason and Owen have the same chemistry that Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron had in the other movies. I would not be against seeing more movies with this cast.
The #Notmy___ is completely ridiculous and mean to the actors who made this movie. They put as much work into it as the other actors did in the previous films. Even if you see it as a joke, the people who are the target of it don't know that. Do you really want to see a college age kid try to be a middle schooled. For those "They could have done it with Greg in high school" people, that misses the entire point of the franchise. Greg is supposed to be a middle schooler forever.
For those that say they could have kept some of the original cast: I personally thought the same thing at first, they could have kept the same Rodrick and the parents, but someone pointed out to me that a mixture of an old and new cast would be even more jarring than an entire new cast. Imagine seeing Zachary and Devon being brothers in Dog Days to seeing Jason and Devon as brothers for The Long Haul. It would look too odd.
This is the first time I've written a review for anything on here but this felt necessary. I watched this movie right when it came out on Amazon video. It has the exact same tone and feel as the other movies. If you enjoyed the other movies, this movie will be no different. My biggest complaint of the movie is that there was too much toilet and gross out humor for my taste
Jason Drucker does the role of Greg justice.
I feel like they dumbed Rodrick down a bit for this movie, but Charlie Wright does a great job with the material he's given. He does not deserve the hate he's getting just because he doesn't look like the original Rodrick.
The parents and Manny feel exactly the same. It would probably be jarring if you watched Dog Days/The Long Haul but I had no problem with their portrayal
For Rowley, he doesn't have much to do in the film so we don't see too much of what the new actor brings to the character but of what we do see is great.
By the first time we see Greg and Rowley together in Greg's room, the new actors have already won me over and I see them as the Heffley family and Rowley. Of what little we see of it, Jason and Owen have the same chemistry that Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron had in the other movies. I would not be against seeing more movies with this cast.
The #Notmy___ is completely ridiculous and mean to the actors who made this movie. They put as much work into it as the other actors did in the previous films. Even if you see it as a joke, the people who are the target of it don't know that. Do you really want to see a college age kid try to be a middle schooled. For those "They could have done it with Greg in high school" people, that misses the entire point of the franchise. Greg is supposed to be a middle schooler forever.
For those that say they could have kept some of the original cast: I personally thought the same thing at first, they could have kept the same Rodrick and the parents, but someone pointed out to me that a mixture of an old and new cast would be even more jarring than an entire new cast. Imagine seeing Zachary and Devon being brothers in Dog Days to seeing Jason and Devon as brothers for The Long Haul. It would look too odd.
With great performances and production value? How is there humor only a 6-year old would laugh at? Just because there are different actors doesn't make it bad.
- asherrbh_15
- May 4, 2021
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I don't get the hate. This movie was absolutely genius, I couldn't breathe because I was laughing. I DEFINITELY recommend watching it and if you don't like it - stop it at the 30th minute. That's where it gets interesting...
- tonikottas1506
- May 15, 2021
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