Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

PG

2012

1h 34m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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It's summer, 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

08/03/2012

2/5

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

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

08/03/2012

3/5

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.

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Matt Singer

Time Out

08/03/2012

3/5

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

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

07/31/2020

C+

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

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/27/2019

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.

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

08/06/2019

3/4

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.

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Angelo G.

@AngeloMaguire Jun 10

This is definitely the best of the trilogy! It's the most fun, and I think the comedy in this movie is the best. Compared to Long Haul, it's amazing!

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Ryan W

@Hassan67 Apr 25

Good movie like all the others

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Melanie D

@PPSS2023 Apr 24

Greg is too old in this movie. He looks and acts like a teenager, which ruins the whole vibe of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I get he's supposed to get older, but the actor I think had partially outgrown his role.

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Iñigo Alessio Berces M

@TheFlameReviews Jan 27

Peak once again, but the ratings still make me sac

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Zavi W.

@SomeoneOnRottenTomatoes Jan 14

Dog Days is an accurate representation of a Teenage summer. Greg’s voice change may be a little annoying at first, But you’ll get used to it.

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David S

@T4EVR Jan 13

I think in my opinion this movie is a must see it's funny, entertaining, and has genuine great scenes. I am bias because I love the books but this is two books of the wimpy kid series that make it great.

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Synopsis

It's summer, 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