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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I truly enjoyed the series of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Than I seen this one. Had to watch it. OMG. The worst. The best part of this film is when it's over and you realize you don't have to look at it any more. Sylverstone career is over after this. The parents of the kids who were in this movie should forget their next birthday as punishment for making this movie.

Well, I think this can be better than the first three. In my opinion, the fourth is better than the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies.

On reflection this has proven to be one of the better films I went to see in 2017. It was refreshing to have a family movie that wasn't touching on the occult, wasn't overladen with mind numbing CGI and was devoid of any violence and nastiness.The Long Road doesn't exactly break new ground - its a kids version of your typical road trip movie where everything that could go wrong does go wrong - but it provides plenty of genuinely funny moments along the way. The humor is more of the original Vacation movie variety than the vulgar remake. The entirely new cast do a good job, particularly Alicia Silverstone as Greg's mother who provides a couple of surprisingly heart tugging moments. The only small gripe I have is with Charlie Wright's Roderick. He is made to be just a bit too dimwitted compared to the previous films.

I'm not the first one to say this, but this film is in the wrong franchise. Of course it was different than previous ones. It is a road movie, though all it reminded me was 'National Lampoon's Vaction'. It has been five years since the last film in the 'Wimpy Kid' series. I understand the reason for recasting, but still I expected to be what it is famous for.The family decides to take a road trip, instead of flying to attend the grandma's 90th birthday. The mother wants it in an old way. That means no technology throughout the trip. But the kids are so addictive of their phones and so her husband. How they make it, and other troubles that they face during a long journey was told with some fun.Yeah, I did not say the film isn't any fun. You would enjoy it, as a time pass film, but the laugh is hard to come by. Every bit of the film is one way or other, resembles other films. The actors were good, the direction was good, but not the writing. Despite all these flaws, the kids might enjoy it better than the adults. Just an average film, but not the worst film as others saying.5/10