![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He finds a solution when his dorky but big-hearted best friend, Rowley (Robert Capron), invites him to the country club. His plans go awry when his father (Steve Zahn, trying very hard to make the movie watchable) turns off the games for the summer, forcing Greg to become a Wilderness Explorer (similar to "Moonrise Kingdom"'s Khaki Scouts) and join him in Civil War reenactments. The film follows the zany trials and tribulations of Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon), an average eighth grader hoping to enjoy a summer of video games and potato chips (seemingly in a quest to become a childhood obesity statistic). If this is childhood, sign me up for adulthood. ![]() It's manic, forced, predictable, scatterbrained and often times unpleasant. It could be enchanting, but "Dog Days" is anything but. However, I was ready to be enchanted back to the days of middle school, when running around in the backyard was king, and jobs and college loans occupied the same part of my mind as jetpacks, hover cars and other futuristic things of myth. Walking into "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days," the third film based on Jeff Kinney's popular kids books, I was fully aware that I was far outside the target demographic. ![]()
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