Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

2011 "Welcome to the next grade"
6.6| 1h39m| PG| en
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Wimpy Greg Heffley, now in seventh grade, thinks he has it all together. He has mastered middle school and gotten rid of the Cheese Touch. However, Greg's older brother, Rodrick, is itching to cut him down to size. He gets the perfect opportunity when their mother tries to force the boys to bond. Rodrick may be Greg's chief tormentor, but he feels his constant pranks are just what his little brother needs to prepare him for life's hard knocks.

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Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Michael Ledo Greg (Zachary Gordon) has moved on to the seventh grade. He hangs out with his wimpy friends. The new girl in school is Holly Hills (Peyton List). She has long blond hair and has captured everyone's attention. Greg's friend Rowley (Robert Capron) says, "She's as pretty as my mom," in an awkward Freudian moment. Greg's parents are the stereotypical embarrassing parents. Greg and his older brother Roderick bond in this film as they share a secret. Roderick (Devon Bostick) who is part of a garage rock band, "Loded Diper"(sic) gives his brother advice on how to get Holly's attention. And there is a talent contest in town...Rachel Harris plays the mom. She is made to look like Tina Fey in a non-threatening way. She like movies were the man chooses the maid over the super model.The movie contains pranks. The boys misbehave in ways we wish our kids would only misbehave. Good movie for family night entertainment as it was amusing and palatable for adults.
Radu Bik-Bik Patsy Seriously, I once almost managed to sit through this tasteless, idiotic, immature and slightly offensive "movie". Really, if you're over the mental age of 12 and find this funny, you've got serious issues. And if you consider yourself to be a responsible adult, never ever let your children watch this. It makes this extremely unrealistically depicted Greg-fella seem like a role-model for middle-schoolers. He is pathetic, lazy and is constantly whining about how his parents, who can't act for nothing, punish him and his idiotic numb-brained older brother, who is also a terrible, terrible actor. They also have another younger brother, like what? 2-3 years old? Let me tell you something about little children: They don't have a sense of humor yet. They don't enjoy telling on their older siblings and then sit in their crib in a tuxedo and sip liquor, laughing and going: "HA! I really got him with this one!" They are infants! And in this "movie", their little brother also isn't depicted in a quite realistic way( I'm saying it like this in a sarcastic tone). How exactly did we arrive from Citizen Kane, The Godfather, The Shining and Midnight Cowboy to tasteless material like this? I weep for humanity. When I came here, I expected to see an average rating of approx. 4-5, not 6! Movies rated 6 generally aren't good, but for this crap, even 6 is overrated!
michaelhirakida If you thought The First Wimpy Kid was bad. This one is even worse. In fact, one of the worst films of all time. Yeah I know I say that a lot but I always mean it. Always.The film starts out with something no one really cares to examine or analyze and we are left in the dust to figure out what is going on. In fact, Ill just tell you the plot. We have Greg played again by Gorden who is still good in this role. This time his brother is a total idiot and they get in the fight and the whiny mom won't shut the **** up and they get grounded or something like that and they must learn how to respect each other.This movie breaks the laws of physics in one scene and rips off a whole lot of stuff in other scenes like from The Hangover and what not.This has to be the bottom of the barrel for Mr. Steve Zahn as he plays the dad once again. But this time, he over reacts so much that it feels like he is insane. In fact, I think he is insane, in real life and in this movie. I don't think I would like to meet him. Ever.The acting is so horrendous that I feel sorry for all the kid actors who returned in this movie even the Indian kid who was made fun of severely in one scene being called Invisible. This "Invisible" gag went too far and teaches kids racism.Also, There are plenty of more awful morals and bullying in this movie. It never seems to end.What seems like an eternity is at least a 90 minute torture machine to see if you can shoot yourself before the movie is even over. David Bowers is a horrible director and- well maybe not horrible I am sure there is stuff that he has made or will make in the future that will be good but his direction is so horrible that I don't think he was even trying.Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a horrific event in the history of cinema. If your kids make you try to rent this movie, lock them in a room and tie them to a chair and put on Driller Killer and leave them in the room until the movie is over. Although Driller Killer is pure bad its more entertaining then Rodrick Sucks because it is more rewarding than this will ever be.I would rather eat a Tarantula then watch this again.10/100 D-
HistoryGeek After renting this movie on iTunes and watching it on my iPhone for the first time, I have to say that I really enjoyed this movie. I was a little disappointed with the first Diary of Wimpy Kid. As an avid reader of all Jeff Kenny books I thought that Rodrick Rules did his book justice. I believe kids to parents will enjoy this movie and its a good movie to have around the house for those TV-not-working-because-its-raining days. I suggest this movie. I'm only giving it a six out of ten though, because there were not enough "references" to the book. I really enjoyed this book. I say watch it A.S.A.P!