Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

Greg Heffley's summer is supposed to be a respite from school, filled with video games and camaraderie. Yet his father's insistence on bonding through activities like camping and a deceitful stint at a posh country club turns the season into a series of humiliations and mishaps. Greg's desperate ruses only exacerbate the misadventures, making "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" a bracingly candid comedy about the awkwardness of adolescence and the unyielding paternal pressure to grow up.