The shower sequence from Psycho is parodied, though there is no knife, only shampoo bottles. A character believes they have been shot in the head and their brains are falling out, when in reality they merely have food stuck in their hair. A character is bitten on the finger by a piglet–there is no blood or gore. An older man frequently threatens and tries to grab Greg, the hero of the story. The family driving the car experience a few near misses. It maintains a very light tone throughout with few threats of violence (most antagonizing comes in the form of threatening to destroy the main character’s reputation as opposed to physical harm), and ‘scary’ sequences from the protagonist’s perspective come across as more awkward than anything else. After seeing Greg and his friends and family grow throughout the course of three films, I was surprised to find that I had developed an ounce of excitement to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul after all! But with the entire cast replaced for this latest installment, would the film maintain the same vibe as the others? How much of this franchise’s success relied on the work of the original actors? Content Guide Violence/Scary images: This is an incredibly tame movie. It’s narrowly aimed at the late elementary/middle school market, though the characters were lovable enough to appeal to all demographics. What I stumbled across was a mediocre but charming trilogy. Struck down with a seasonal cold and unable to go to the cinemas, with morbid curiosity I decided to give the unwanted film some love, and took one for the team by binge watching the entire series. So the movie stayed on GUG’s “Movies that need to be reviewed” list untouched for months–as though it had the Cheese Touch–so long so that it finally managed to come to Australian shores last week with the release being timed to coincide the winter school holidays. The combination of the poorly received news of a new cast, along with a trailer brimming with unfunny, ridiculous road trip scenarios, just caused the film to reek of failure. The family comes together in the end, but it takes a long time to get there.Director: David Bowers Writer: Jeff Kinney, David Bowers, Adam Sztykiel Composer: Ed Shearmur Starring: Jason Drucker, Alicia Silverstone, Tom Everett Scott, Charlie Wright, Chris Coppola Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Genre: Comedy & Family Rating: PG We film critics at Geeks Under Grace don’t necessarily agree with each other all the time when it comes to our taste in movies, though May’s Boom, Bust or Meh revealed that we all apparently shared the belief that Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul was gonna suck. Greg does get a big lesson at the end, but not until he ruins the family's vacation, destroys their car car, runs away, and ends up making his viral video situation worse. The only thing really new/fresh about this fourth installment in the movie franchise based on Jeff Kinney's best-selling book series is the cast, including Silverstone as mom Alice, who's trying really hard to make her family get off of their phones and talk to each other - even though when they do talk to her they don't have anything nice to say. There's no discussion about the shame the video has caused him - it's not that kind of movie. Like the three movies before it, Long Haul is all about gross-out humor and cringe-inducing situations. This begins a series of events that puts Greg in ridiculous, sometimes funny situations. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul begins with Greg getting caught on video doing something super embarrassing, and it immediately goes viral. If you're a fan of the Wimpy Kid series, you'll probably enjoy this one, too, even though it doesn't do anything new and isn't particularly good.
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