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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules (AKA Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules)

2011

David Bowers

Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron, Steve Zahn ...

5.4

1,316

Comedy. Kids Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) has mastered middle school, rid himself of the Cheese Touch, and thinks he's got it all together. There's just one problem: his older brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick) is trying to ruin his life. As Greg begins seventh grade, he and Rodrick have to deal with their parents' misguided attempts to have them bond. Based on the book by Jeff Kinney.

	Author	Review
United States	Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer	"Unlike the first film, which was broader and more episodic, this one has a narrative throughline (...) Here's a tween comedy you don't have to be a tween to enjoy"	POS
United States	Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune	"Lacks much of the mischievous, subversive appeal of last year's debut film (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"The problem doesn't really lie in the acting but in the writing. There's too much effort expended on making the kids cute and cuddly, instead of plausible (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"Nothing is new, which is a problem. Nothing is particularly funny or endearing, which is a worse problem"	NEG
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"The gags are obvious, predictable and dull, while the characters have been stripped of all life thanks to the filmmakers’ determination to stress quirks over behavior."	NEG

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