Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Meet the kid who made "wimpy" cool, in a family comedy motion picture based on the best-selling illustrated novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, the first in a series that has thus far sold... Meet the kid who made "wimpy" cool, in a family comedy motion picture based on the best-selling illustrated novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, the first in a series that has thus far sold 28 million books. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID chronicles the adventures of wisecracking pre-teen Greg Heffley, who must somehow survive the scariest time of anyone's life....middle school.

I finally got the chance to see Diary of A Wimpy Kid and went in not having read any of the books. I checked out the audience and noticed that they were all tween boys so I knew the target audience. I was fully prepared for a movie that leaned more towards jokes that boys like and I was not disappointed. Both my friend and I enjoyed the movie but I was slightly uncomfortable/grossed out by some of the boy jokes. I know I've become a full adult when I think a joke is gross instead of just funny. Boogers and moldy cheese aside, I thought the movie did a pretty good job relating to starting out middle school. The main character was trying to fit in and become popular during his first year in middle school and it felt like I was reliving my own life. I don't even really feel the need to recommend it to the tween audience as I saw plenty of them in the theater. I can definitely say that it is geared more towards the boys than the girls and I think that's a good idea since so many movies these days are geared towards girls.