Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties!
20 May Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Painful
I suppose the science behind this content is solid, for this and the sequels. Many of our films — primarily romantic comedies — deliberately give us a surrogate with whom to identify. And then they set the situation to be similar to those we’d experience, but simplified and exaggerated so that we can both laugh at ourselves while feeling superior.
It is a simple formula and cheap to make if you have the right demographic. I happen to have some boys in that bucket. But I wonder at the cost. All these jokes are based either on barely concealed stereotypes or family dynamics that are mostly fictional. Reinforcing all that probably sets the viewer further away from cineliteracy.
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Ted’s Evaluation — 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
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