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The Heffley family is clevely reintroduced in stick figure form before assuming the flesh and blood in which they spend the majority of the picture.
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Little from the first film is entirely dropped (mainly just Chloë Grace Moretz's sage 7th grader), but none of it is belabored, not even the diary and cartoon character renderings that distinguished this series from other middle school ones. This second Wimpy Kid manages to remain true to what was established without repeating itself.Īccordingly, there is less setup and more story.
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After all, isn't that why sequels exist: to spend more time with characters and universes found enjoyable? This year has been so full of movies with numbers and colons in the titles that we've seen almost every conceivable approach, from simply relocating the same hijinks ( The Hangover Part II) to throwing out everything but a few characters to tell an entirely different story ( Cars 2). On sequels, there is the temptation to provide more of the same. Though the mutual understanding is somewhat short-lived, the brothers' complicated relationship is at the heart of this follow-up. And the brothers actually start to get along, bonding over a party they throw with their parents out of town that they go to great lengths to keep secret. Rodrick, who ordinarily wants nothing to do with his brother besides the occasional prank, takes her up on the offer and begins to prosper. Meanwhile, Mom (Rachael Harris), whose parenting column is flourishing, gives Greg and Rodrick incentive to spend time together, paying them each one "Mom Buck" (redeemable for one real dollar) for every shared activity. A talent contest offering a $1,000 cash prize excites everyone in town, including Greg and his best friend Rowley (Robert Capron), who are looking for Internet fame. The bulk of the film emphasizes Greg's home life, which again finds him suffering from middle child syndrome, enjoying neither the freedom of his mischievous teenaged brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick) nor the lack of consequence shielding his 3-year-old brother Manny (Connor and Owen Fielding).
Getting her to notice him is about the extent of the sequel's school concerns. There's a pretty new girl named Holly Hills (Peyton List), who immediately catches Greg's eye. A year older and wiser but not noticeably less wimpy, Greg is less stressed by the seventh grade, since all the places and faces are the same.
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The first movie introduced undersized protagonist Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) to the frightening world of middle school.
Rodrick Rules takes its title and plot from the second book in Jeff Kinney's best-selling series, published in 2008. Fast-tracked, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules opened in theaters a year and a week after its predecessor did and it's already available on DVD and Blu-ray combo pack. Diary of a Wimpy Kid was no box office behemoth, but shortly after the family comedy passed the $60 million mark domestically (four times its modest production budget),įox announced a sequel would be made.
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