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Arts & Entertainment

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'

Check out for Munchies and a Movie - "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" - on the big screen 6-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17. Why?  "Because the people who make backpacks aren't cool."

To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It's a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor - and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the never-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And he's getting it all down on paper, via a diary - "it's NOT a diary, it's a journal!" Greg insists, preferring the less-sissyfied designation - filled with his opinions, thoughts, tales of family trials and tribulations, and (would-be) schoolyard triumphs. "One day when I'm famous," writes Greg, "I'll have better things to do than answer peoples' stupid questions all day." So was born the Wimpy Kid's diary.

Rated: PG for some rude humor and language
Runtime: 94 minutes

Registration Required. For kids in 4th grade and up.

Via Southbury Public Library

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