Diario di una schiappa

'Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (2021)' is a poor excuse of an adaptation. In fact, it's a poor excuse of a film. It just feels incredibly lazy. There's no reason for the thing to run a measly fifty-eight minutes, especially not when it cuts out considerable chunks of its source material to do so. It also lacks any semblance of structure, seeming more like a series of skits than an actual cohesive story. Each segment only has the loosest of consequences, and the overall piece lacks any real sense of escalation. I've read that it was initially planned as an animated series, which may explain why it's so short and lacks a solid structure; it's just a series of episodes smushed into one barely-feature-length feature film. They'll probably pump out another fifteen of these (one for each book) in the span of about five years. It's really underwhelming overall. For something so short, it sure is dull. The animation is plain bad, with weirdly low-effort character designs and generally unconvincing movement. It would've probably been better if the picture retained the style it adopts for its first few moments, one which emulates the crude drawings of the book using 2D animation that looks as though it's occurring on wrinkled sheets of lined paper (i.e. Within the eponymous diary). The characters are paper thin, too. What's worse is that only one of them is likeable, and he isn't even the protagonist. I get that Greg is meant to be selfish, jealous and so concerned with being cool that he can't see what's truly important (or that the obsession itself is what's primarily preventing him from being considered so). However, there's no real characterisation outside of these negative aspects, which leaves you feeling totally alienated from him. You're honestly more likely to cheer than cry when he gets laughed at. Ultimately, though, this just feels like nothing. It isn't engaging and it isn't enjoyable. It genuinely feels like the filmmakers don't care about it. If that's the case, how could they ever expect us to? Also, Rodrick is only in it for (literally) about two minutes. #notmyrodrick. 3/10.

Only thought there were a few funny parts, most notable sequence was Fregley's house. They cut out really important parts from the book, (including the saftey patrol), plus only 2 minutes of Rodrick? They also made Greg likeable, which is not something you should do. Go watch the live action, this is very boring and mostly unfunny.

This film barely represented the main book at all. The main flow was there, but they added all these other characters or events just so the movie could be less than an hour. The animation is poor and lazy, and most definitely not one of Disney's best.

I'm still giving it 4 stars because at the end of the day, this movie is targeted toward younger viewers and if I were watching through the mind of a child I would like this film a lot. However, it's only natural that I compare this film to the other 4 live-action films, and this one doesn't stand a chance against any of them, even the reboot.

The comedy is not funny and the kids should not be in middle school, but the design style is so poor I wouldn't be able to tell.

The voice actors did their job nicely, nothing much to say expect for the voice actor of Greg's mother. She sounds like she recorded all her lines in her dining room, using her laptop's built in microphone.

4/10, would not watch again.

It's just so difficult to review or rate a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie without comparing it to the original three. The concept was cool, but it really failed to deliver a consistent story.

Overall 5/10.

I've noticed Disney Plus is starting their new tradition that they're gonna start doing these kinds of films every year. And the 2021 Diary of a Wimpy Kid has given it to, well, quite a passible start. I'll be quite honest, I think I liked the live action film better than this one. But at least I obviously take this over The Long Haul any day. I do appreciate the effort of adapting to the book well, but the movie is too short for the story to show its first impression. The animation is okay, but it can be dated. The comedy can be fun to show a life in school like in the books, but it can end up a hit and miss. And the characters could've gotten the best than the live action films, but they feel off with Greg being stubborn to his own friend. I do get the same thing with the first live action film, but worse in this one. I know there will be Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans that grew up with the books and the live action films that would desire to watch a movie like this every year, starting with this one. So they probably have a good time with this one. However considering this is a short movie, I would recommend to treat this more like a special. It may not be the big zoo wee mama moment, but at least Disney Plus made a decent first impression with making more Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies.