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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

Play trailer 1:54 Poster for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days PG Released Aug 3, 2012 1h 34m Kids & Family Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review James C Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days is the best film in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise. It is really funny summer vacation film. I like how Greg spends his summer vacation trying to get together with his crush Holly. I also the complicated relationship between Greg and his Father Frank shown through the movie. Overall this film earns 5 stars 100%. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/19/25 Full Review Ryan S. 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔊🔊🔊🔊GET ME OUT OF HERE THESE PEOPLE ARE CRAZYYY🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 The sweet sixteen is the greatest scene in fiction Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/19/25 Full Review Bobby B Chefs kiss. I watch it every summer. The story of greg learning to bond with his father, i mean just mwah. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review Stephen C Funny in 1 hour and 34 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG for Some Rude Humor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $49,000,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/20/25 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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