Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Year: 2022
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, Bardel Entertainment
Director: Luke Cormican
Cast: Brady Noon, Ethan William Childress, Hunter Dillon, Erica Cerra, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ed Asner
Crew: Jeff Kinney (Producer), Ed Asner (In Memory Of), Luke Cormican (Director), Jeff Kinney (Screenplay), John Paesano (Original Music Composer), Jeff Kinney (Book)
Runtime: 74 minutes
Release: Dec 02, 2022
IMDb: 6.80/10 by 169 users
Popularity: 3
Country: Canada, United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

They just keep making these, eh? Not good when one is somewhat of a completionist when it comes to franchises. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules' is at least a minor improvement on the original animated flick from a year prior. The run time is nice and short so doesn't really overly stay its welcome, naturally (given I'm obviously not the target audience etc.) it was a bit boring throughtout for me. I can still acknowledge it's a relatively OK film, though. The voice cast aren't anything worth shouting from the rooftops about, perhaps with the exception of a certain Ed Asner. It shows how the live-action films from this series actually did do a good job with its casting, because I still always associate the characters here to Zachary Gordon & Co. - despite only seeing those movies once or twice. I'm split on the animation style. On the one hand it looks dull, yet kinda still works. I remember the 2021 release had some overt continuity issues onscreen, as well as a few audio problems. This one doesn't, at least none of which I noticed, so that's a plus point, I guess!