Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Rebecca Crews A few weeks ago, my best friend and I were looking for movies to rent, mostly for ones we could make fun of, as we enjoy doing that on occasion. We saw this movie and thought "Well, here's just another really horrible movie for kids that we can make fun of" so we rented it. When we watched it, we were surprised to find this movie genuinely hilarious! Despite the somewhat stereotypical characters of the dumb older brother and the dorky younger one, I found the chemistry between the two very refreshing, and the writing style to be witty.This comedic family film perfectly portrayed the most annoying parts about having an older sibling, with the fighting, the yelling, and the wacky adventures that always seem to happen when your parents aren't looking.I found this film to be a refreshing and genuinely hilarious tale of what it's like to have an older sibling, and I would recommend this to anyone looking for good entertainment.

Andy Steel Quite well made with slightly more use of the cartoons I liked in the first one used to illustrate the story. These were woefully underused in the first film and, although still not used consistently enough, it was nice to see them still there.I still think the character of Greg is a little too self-centred, for him it's all about being popular which never seems to work out the way he plans. This time his big brother is going to help him out… or is he? In the first film I felt the character of Rowley stole the show and this time around it seemed he took more of a back seat with Rodrick moving nearer to the limelight. This didn't work quite so well (for me) but I guess the production company must think they're doing something right because the third instalment is already in the can. Over all, not as good as the first film but there were still a one or two good points… I'm undecided about the third instalment, but we'll see next year when it airs on TV.My score: 5.5/10IMDb Score: 6.2/10 (based on 7,145 votes at the time of going to press).MetaScore: 51: (Based on 23 critic reviews provided by Metacritic.com at the time of going to press).Rotten Tomatoes 'Tomatometer' Score: 47/100 (based on 94 reviews counted at the time of going to press).Rotten Tomatoes 'Audience' Score: 63/100 (based on 29,070 user ratings counted at the time of going to press).You can find an expanded version of this review on my blog: Thoughts of a SteelMonster.

Robert Watching the first the setup of the characters was good. But it seemed that there was just too much story and the stereotypes were a bit annoying. But in this movie, the characters are all established and there's a new character in town, and she's a cute girl. She actually looks cute enough that I could see the boys having a crush on here. Usually it's some nerd with glasses.Anyway the other problem is the brothers in the movie are being nasty to each other. Finally, the mom, who represents the mom who's ignorant yet tries her best anyway, tries to force her two sons to bond together. Some incidences happen and they have to in order to make things perfect.--- Major spoiler below --- Of course nothing is perfect and in the end they end up in trouble at a nursing home. There, the boy thinks life sucks and couldn't get worse, when he realizes that the girl he has a crush on actually is there! And she is in the same situation as he is and they get along quickly.The only thing I didn't like was how the boy never gave her a hug or anything. Or are they not comfortable yet with that concept?--- Major spoiler above ---Anyway, liked the movie. Rated 8/10.

HistoryGeek After renting this movie on iTunes and watching it on my iPhone for the first time, I have to say that I really enjoyed this movie. I was a little disappointed with the first Diary of Wimpy Kid. As an avid reader of all Jeff Kenny books I thought that Rodrick Rules did his book justice. I believe kids to parents will enjoy this movie and its a good movie to have around the house for those TV-not-working-because-its-raining days. I suggest this movie. I'm only giving it a six out of ten though, because there were not enough "references" to the book. I really enjoyed this book. I say watch it A.S.A.P!