Meet the kid who made wimpy cool!
Wednesday August 25 2010
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', the best-selling illustrated novel by Jeff Kinney has made it onto the big screen. The family comedy motion picture is based on the books which sold a whopping 28 million worldwide. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' chronicles the adventures of wisecracking pre-teen Greg Heffley, who must somehow survive the scariest time of his life - middle school.
To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It's a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor even.
To survive the never-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And he's getting it all down on paper, via a diary - filled with his opinions, thoughts, tales of family trials and tribulations, and (would-be) schoolyard triumphs. "One day when I'm famous," writes Greg, "I'll have better things to do than answer peoples' stupid questions all day." So was born the Wimpy Kid's diary.
Directed by Thor Freudenthal and starring Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron and Rachael Harris. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' opens on Wednesday, August 25th at the GCG, Sligo.
