Diary of a Wimpy KidUnusually decent kids' movie about trying to become popular in middle school. Chloe's role as a precocious intellectual is among her best, but much too small.
A classic teen movie about being popular in high school, except in this
movie it's a middle school, and the characters accordingly younger. Zachary
has just started middle school, and is trying to find a way to become
popular. He attempts a number of plots, but each fail, and eventually he
learns a lesson. From the adult perspective it's almost a sweet story, and
an overall well-executed movie, like the higher budget teen movies of
recent years. Only children are likely to find this fully worth their time
however.
Chloe has a smallish role as Angie, a "geek" girl of the smart and artistic
type, a little older and far more mature than Zacchary. She introduces
herself with an amusingly precocious monologue about middle school being an
intellectual wasteland, a glorified hoarding pen. Zachary is put off by any
such "uncool" geekiness, and tries to distance himself from her. Over the
course of the story Angie occasionally pops in, usually disappointed by
Zachary's conformist attempts to make himself popular. At the same time his
friend Rowley remains naively true to his real self, which ends up making
him both well-liked in the school, and a friend of Angie's.
 Rowley (left), Zachary, and Angie Chloe's character remains in the periphery of the story, but is an
important backdrop for Zachary's choices. She's the voice of reason and
moral, the opposite of aiming for a social success at any cost. She feels
charmingly genuine in the role, which could easily be among her best if it
were larger. As it stands, this review's video clip contains the best part
of her role.
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