Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

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Released Aug 3, 2012

1h 34m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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It's summertime, and Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is looking forward to playing video games and spending time with his friends. However, Greg's dad (Steve Zahn) has other plans: He's decided that some father-son bonding time is in order. Desperate to prevent his dad from ruining summer vacation, Greg pretends he has a job at a ritzy country club. But Greg's plan backfires, leaving him in the middle of embarrassing mishaps and a camping trip gone wrong.

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Critics Consensus

Overly familiar and a bit too reliant on slapstick, the sitcom-like Dog Days fails to improve upon previous installments and will likely appeal to few outside its target audience.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

What happened to madness? What happened to rebellion? Oh, what's the bloody point? Nobody's listening.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 3, 2012

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is probably the most inoffensive kid's film you're likely to see this summer. And that's a good thing.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 3, 2012

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Matt Singer

Time Out

Viewers enduring early adolescence or those grappling with its psychic scars will recognize the honesty in the comic humiliation.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 3, 2012

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

The film loses its forward momentum and then wraps itself up in a way that is anti-climactic.

Rated: C+

Jul 31, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Don't let the dog days of summer get you down! Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is filled with laughter, love and fun for the whole family.

Nov 27, 2019

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

These kids clearly had the time of their lives making this, with its gee-whiz sense of humor and clever integration of animation connecting the characters to their hand drawn literary counterparts.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 6, 2019

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Its abe S

Its not the best the best wimpy kid live action, but also not the worst! At least they have the og cast! ya know unlike the next movie......

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/19/25

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Jack G

The actors are still so perfect as these characters and it has the best ending of the series. It closes this trilogy perfectly and to this day remains one of the best book adaptations ever made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/25

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Carson H

An excellent end to a trilogy. Zach Gordon and Robert Capron really steal the show in this one and end it on a satisfying note. The music and score have remained consistent throughout all the movies, and this one may be the best one yet. This film closely resembles the same feeling I had after watching the first one. I wish I had hopped on these movies sooner!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/28/25

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Audience Member

It was the best instalment, like spag union you know

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Austin

This is my favorite diary of a wimpy kid movie now

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/04/24

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Isaiah G

10/10! This movie was so good! Best of the trilogy!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/19/24

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Synopsis

It's summertime, and Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is looking forward to playing video games and spending time with his friends. However, Greg's dad (Steve Zahn) has other plans: He's decided that some father-son bonding time is in order. Desperate to prevent his dad from ruining summer vacation, Greg pretends he has a job at a ritzy country club. But Greg's plan backfires, leaving him in the middle of embarrassing mishaps and a camping trip gone wrong.

Director: David Bowers
Producer: Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson
Screenwriter: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Color Force
Rating: PG (Some Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 3, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $49.0M
Runtime: 1h 34m

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