Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)

Greg's Diary 3 - It was not me! ( Original title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days ) is an American film adaptation by director David Bowers from 2012 The film is based on the third and fourth part of the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney. .

Action

The summer holidays are coming up, the last school year is as good as forgotten and Greg Heffley is looking forward to the free months. While Greg would spend his holiday, preferably front of the television, his father, however, has different ideas of well-used holidays and so it happens that Greg finds against his will on a camping trip with his old Boy Scout troop. But a lucky incident ensures that the trip comes to an abrupt end, and Greg finally hang out with his friend Rupert and the free time to spend at the pool of the country clubs. As there even Holly Hills appears, is in love with Greg for a long time, his life seems perfect. But always, when everything seems to be beautiful, it is probably also: Greg's older brother Rodrick bamboozle their way into the club, then Greg also loses his swimming trunks - and the mess really starts.

Production

Filming began on August 8, 2011 in Vancouver and lasted until 7 October 2011.

The official theatrical release in the United States took place on 3 August 2012. In Germany the film was released in theaters on 20 August 2012. Since 25 January 2013, the film in German-speaking countries on Blu -ray and DVD is available.

On 7 June 2013, the official radio play appeared for the movie, in which Marco Esser has assumed the role of Greg and the first-person narrator.

Synchronization

The German -language dubbed version was created under the leadership of Marius CLAREN the company Berliner Synchron AG Wenzel Luedecke.

Background

  • Although the film is only the third of the series, it bears the name of the fourth book. This is because the film is a mix of the third book That's it! and the successor was not me! is.

Differences from the book

  • After Holly Hills Greg " Fregley ", that man does not want to be in the book with her. In the film, he is still in love with her.

Reception

Criticism

The film received mixed reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes, the film comes to a rating of 50 percent.

Neil Genzlinger of the New York Times criticized primarily the work of the director: " The execution is not great. David Bowers, the director, allowed too much explanatory incredible spectacle " (English " The execution Is not great David Bowers, the director, Allows too much hammy acting. . " ) Stephanie Zacharek of the Los Angeles Times wrote:". [ The film ] ended the winning streak, or at least reduce it " (English" ends the series ' winning streak, or at least slows it down to a panting, dog- day crawl. " ) Sean O'Connell of the Washington Post rated the film with the following words "The spending time with Kinney 's characters became an annual pleasure. " (English " spending time with Kinney 's characters has become at annual treat. " )

In the online portal film starts the film 1.5 stars out of 5 stars rated:

" Greg's Diary 3 is like a child's birthday, in which too much Cola was served: Headless and excoriated is bound to summer episode every minute of summer episode, without even one of them would follow a red thread. Constantly the already bumpy narrative flow for smaller attractions is interrupted, the stretch the hastily designed and moderate at best funny movie in the length without content contribute. In the narrative volatility prevailing here, it is no wonder that the relationships between the characters never get going. The focus this time is the relationship between Greg and his somewhat clumsy father, but also the remains significantly underexposed. After all, it is still one of the few clear strengths of the film that the playful Steve Zahn gets given so much screen time here. Conclusion: Gregs Tagebuch - It was not me is a piece heruntergekurbeltes franchise product without any narrative line and a lead actor who is already outgrown his role - only Steve Zahn gives some revival ".

Awards and nominations

Continuation

End of 2012, said list, that would be no sequel planned. Gordon mentioned that the probability of a continuation is very low because the actor slowly are too old for the roles. Kinney, the author of the book series, said that he wished to continue in the form of an animation film.

2012 in film Screenplay Wallace Wolodarsky Nina Jacobson Film score Edward Shearmur Anthony B. Richmond Peyton List (actress born 1998) Jeff Kinney (writer) 34th Young Artist Awards Metacritic
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