Synopsis
It's summertime, and Greg Heffley is looking forward to playing video games and spending time with his friends. However, Greg's dad 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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Cast
- Zachary GordonGreg Heffley
- Robert CapronRowley Jefferson
- Devon BostickRodrick Heffley
- Peyton ListHolly Hills
- Steve ZahnFrank Heffley
- Rachael HarrisSusan Heffley
- Grayson RussellFregley
- Karan BrarChirag Gupta
- Melissa RoxburghHeather Hills
- Laine MacNeilPatty Farrell
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
Though often self-centered and conniving, Greg remains a likable kid, and the movie entertains by pulling off over-the-top scenarios that set up digestible life lessons for youngsters. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Oroves nimbler and truer to its origins than last year's "Rodrick Rules." - 67
The A.V. Club
Genial and pleasant to a fault, the film could benefit from a little more personality. - 67
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. - 60
Total Film
Childminders rejoice: the formulaic but family-friendly series is back and it's business as usual. - 60
Empire
Greg avoids the curse of the three in the third outing for the Wimpy Kid. Hardly groundbreaking but plenty of fun for its target audience. - 60
Variety
Formulaic in adhering to the sitcom-style tone of the first two films, picture finds the chronically underappreciated Greg facing a summer break replete with parental expectations and anxiety over his first crush. - 60
Arizona Republic
The best of the lot. It's not great, but the mean-spiritedness that permeated the first film and stuck around a bit for the second is mostly gone.
