Four live-action adaptations of the beloved book series were produced before the franchise pivoted to animation.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is a 2012 American live-action comedy film based on Jeff Kinney’s book. The film also incorporates story elements from Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw. The ...

Released right when summer starts to drag, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days at least doesn’t add to the exhaustion. It’s the latest installment in what now forms a lightly likable trilogy of films based ...

Zachary Gordon, right, and Robert Capron in a scene from the movie, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days." To celebrate his latest release in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Jeff Kinney brings his Diper ...

Why are the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movies so much less fun, and funny, than the best of the books created by Jeff Kinney? On the page, Kinney's illustrations, those stick-figure humiliations and ...

It’s rare when a movie is as good as the book. But what about when it’s better? “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days,” which opens Aug. 3, is better than the beloved Jeff Kinney book, ramping up some of ...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is one of the blandest and most-uninspired children’s movies in recent memory. This time, Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is on his summer vacation, and the film bounces ...