Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

PG

Released Aug 3, 2012

1 hr. 34 min.

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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Dev N

It's alright. Pretty solid but not as goated as Rodrick rules.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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Mason V

i'm so happy that they kept the actors. if not, i wouldn't like this movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/28/24

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Jorge M

almost watched the bad wimpy kid movie

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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estique l

i love this trilogy rodrick is the goat so many good memories from watching this movie as a kid

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/18/23

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Scott C

While it does leave a bit to be desired, overall a PROPER satisfying conclusion to the live-action trilogy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/08/23

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BoyofPlenty

Hot take: this is better than Rodrick Rules The humor clicked better, and aside from the beginning the movie leaned away from the gross humor more than the other two. Greg's relationship with his father is also the most nuanced and complex of the three main relationships of the trilogy. The growth the two go through and the lengths they go to bond and spend time with each other is touching in a way that I never felt when Greg interacted with Rowley and Rodrick in their respective films. Also, Greg making mistakes does not make him a bad person or a bad main character, it makes him a complex and very human character, a rare feat in cinema these days.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/26/23

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David Bowers

Director

Zachary Gordon

Greg Heffley

Robert Capron

Rowley

Devon Bostick

Rodrick Heffley

Rachael Harris

Susan Heffley

Steve Zahn

Frank Heffley

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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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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
Executive Producer: Jeff Kinney, Jeremiah Samuels
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

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