Greg seeks popularity with the same single-minded intensity with which Ralphie once sought his Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle with a Compass in the Stock. He bounces from activity to activity (wrestling, safety patrol, theater, etc.) all in an effort to cement his place in the pantheon of popularity. However, each extracurricular excursion ends with disaster and results in the exact opposite effect. Ironically, it’s Rowley’s complete and udder lack of concern for social convention which inadvertently leads to a sudden surge in his status; a turn of events which Greg cannot abide.
Though at times it plays like Superbad: The Early Years, the movie engenders much good will by taking childhood phobias seriously. Greg’s desire for approval is a perfectly reasonable inclination even if his means for acquiring it are not. It’s his actions not his motivation that the movie is mocking. And in the end, all the appropriate lessons are taught/learned. Though the humor at times veers into the scatological (and, for that matter, the urological) it does have a sweetness that belies its more jaded exterior.
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being Holes and 1 being Shorts, Diary of a Wimpy Kid gets a 7.
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