Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Dvd

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is a 2017 American live-action/animated road comedy film directed by David Bowers. It is the fourth installment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series, and is based on the ninth and tenth books in the series, The Long Haul and Old School, and one element each based on the seventh and eighth books, The Third Wheel and Hard Luck.

It is both a sequel and a soft reboot as the cast members from the first three films (Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, and Devon Bostick) do not reprise their roles, and are replaced by a new cast. It was theatrically released on May 19, 2017, by 20th Century Fox. The film received very negative reviews, with many criticizing its new cast. In particular, the hashtag #notmyrodrick became trending on social media when the trailer was released. It grossed $40 million worldwide on a $22 million production budget.

It is also the last film in the series to be produced by 20th Century Fox until the studio was acquired by Disney in 2019 and the last one before the series was rebooted under their name.

Plot

One day while the Heffleys are dining at a family restaurant known as Corny’s with Greg’s (Jason Drucker) friend Rowley (Owen Asztalos) joining them, Susan (Alicia Silverstone) announces family plans to attend Meemaw’s (Mimi Gould’s) 90th birthday, much to the dismay of her family. Greg is then instructed by Susan to rescue his younger brother Manny (Wyatt and Dylan Walters), who became stuck inside a tube in the play area. He ends up in a ball pit with a diaper stuck on his hand. He subsequently becomes infamous after the people around him record him and post the footage on the internet, leading Greg to be dubbed as an embarrassing meme known as “Diaper Hands”.

Later, at home, Greg learns that Player Expo is taking place not very far from Meemaw’s house in Indianapolis. Greg’s gaming star, Mac Digby (Joshua Hoover), will be attending, and Greg hopes to meet him and get in one of his videos so he will gain popularity and put the Diaper Hands meme behind him. He acknowledges that he will have to somehow sneak off from the road trip and attend the Expo without his parents’ knowledge, however. The Heffley family hits the road, where Greg, Rodrick (Charlie Wright) and Frank’s (Tom Everett Scott), devices are immediately confiscated by Susan, who wants the road trip to be “absolutely technology-free.”

After arriving at a motel, Greg secretly gets into the car and takes his phone out of the bag and uses it. Later, when Greg and Rodrick are relaxing in a hot tub, Rodrick hears a notification from Greg’s phone and discovers his plans to go to Player Expo. Greg discourages Rodrick from telling Susan, saying that they have a rock band video game tournament there that Rodrick could participate in. Liking the idea, Rodrick opts to go with Greg to the Expo. Later that night, Greg is woken in his sleep twice by a loud noise. Upon seeing what it is, he encounters a couple of siblings playing with a cart by repeatedly wheeling it into a wall, belonging to a family whom he later dubs as “the Beardos” due to the father’s large beard. Greg scolds the siblings for waking him up and eventually threatens to have them and their family kicked out. The father whom Greg later dubs as “Mr. Beardo” (Christopher. A Coppola) then becomes bent on getting revenge on him after his daughter damages his van and puts the blame on him.

The next day, the Heffleys attend a country fair where Manny wins a pig. Mr. Beardo, who is also out with his family, notices Greg and begins chasing after him, but manages to lose him on a spinning ride. Back on the road, the Heffleys, unable to take care of the pig, drop it off at a petting zoo, much to Manny’s dismay, but not before Greg reroutes the GPS to the Player Expo convention. Checking at the hotel room, Greg and Rodrick tell their parents they’re buying a gift for Meemaw, but they actually sneak out the Player Expo. Upon realizing that they are missing, Susan calls the police to find them, but decides to go get them herself after seeing them being on TV.

Greg sees Mac Digby participating in a video game competition and tells Rodrick to record him on the stage, but the attempt fails when he accidentally knocks out the power to Digby’s screen and Susan arrives, revealing to everyone that he is Diaper Hands. Susan opens up to Greg and says that all she wanted was a nice road trip that would bring the family closer together, and she accuses Greg of not caring. Greg angrily tells Susan that she doesn’t care about his interests either, which is why he had to sneak out to the Expo in the first place. Having given up, Susan allows Greg to play on her phone.

Back on the road, the tarp on their boat falls over and all their belongings begin to fall out. The Beardos then show up and begin stealing their stuff as “payback” including a case containing a family memory book for Meemaw’s birthday. The Heffleys chase after them, but get stuck in a long line of traffic. While taking a back road, the Heffleys eventually find the Beardos’ van at another motel where they get their belongings back.

After reaching their destination, the Heffleys happily celebrate Meemaw’s birthday with their other relatives. Returning home, Manny manages to get the pig back. At the end, Greg explains that although the road trip wasn’t perfect, he still wouldn’t change a thing. He says that Manny was allowed to keep his pig as a pet, Rodrick was able to get a new van, and Dad was able to explain having time off from work to bond with family. Greg expresses excitement for where they’ll be going next year, but Susan steps in to say they will be flying. In a mid-credits scene, two girls take selfies with Greg, who they recognize as Diaper Hands.

Cast

Jason Drucker as Greg Heffley
Alicia Silverstone as Susan Heffley
Tom Everett Scott as Frank Heffley
Charlie Wright as Rodrick Heffley
Owen Asztalos as Rowley Jefferson
Wyatt and Dylan Walters as Manny Heffley
Joshua Hoover as Mac Digby
Christopher A. Coppola as Mr. Beardo
Kimberli Lincoln as Mrs. Beardo
Mira Silverman as Brandi Beardo
Mimi Gould as Meemaw
The series’ author, Jeff Kinney, makes his third cameo role, this time as a booth owner in the convention.