Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

You know how people say Stephen King really shouldn't direct his own stuff for the big screen? ... kids are smarter than adults give them credit for - smart enough to avoid and/or ignore this foolishness.

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is painfully awful, hampered by a charmless cast and a criminally lightweight screenplay. A long haul indeed.

While some of set-pieces feel awfully familiar, there's enough memorable moments to keep audiences and in particular primary-aged kids entertained and enthralled.

Dull, uninspired and, in my 11-year-old's words "way-way off the books" on which it's based.

There's a slight commentary on suburban versus rural America, but returning English director David Bowers favours icky mayhem and genial rapprochement