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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)

★ 6.3 · 1,755 ratings on TMDB

It's not a diary, it's a movie.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid poster★ 6.3

Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties!

DirectorThor Freudenthal
CastAndrew McNee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Connor Fielding, Devon Bostick, Laine MacNeil, Owen Fielding
GenresComedy, Family
The emergence reading

Diary of a Wimpy Kid keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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