DescriptionBrothers aren’t supposed to get along, so it should come as no surprise that Greg and his older sibling Rodrick fight continuously. However, their mother has a different idea about what the relationship between two brothers should look like, and she writes a column about it for the local newspaper, so she should know. Never one to let nature take its course, Mum tries a variety of strategies to get the boys to bond, everything from the incentive-driven “mom bucks” to punishing them by leaving them home together for the weekend while the rest of the family heads to the water park. The wild party and ensuing chaos that one would expect when two boys are left home alone happens right on schedule, but so does a surprising development in the boys’ relationship with one another. Greg pours his every thought about the difficulties of surviving middle school and living with brothers into his journal in this film, which is based on Jeff Kinney’s book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. While it’s definitely a different experience to see the cartoon stick figures from the book morph into human forms in the live-action film, director David Bowers and actors Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron, and Rachael Harris do a good job of preserving the feel of the book specifically, how each of the characters is driven by emotion and how they are often overwhelmed by their sense of mental conflict and anguish. Aspect Ratio: 16:9 – 2.35:1Language: EnglishProduct Dimensions: 1.4 x 19 x 13.4 cm; 80 GramsAudio Description: EnglishItem model number: 2724295742671Director: David BowersMedia Format: PALRun time: 1 hour and 41 minutesRelease date: 2 Jan. 2012Actors: Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Peyton ListDubbed: FrenchSubtitles: English, French, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, DanishStudio: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentNumber of discs: 1
