Meet the kid who made “wimpy” cool, in a family comedy based on the  best—selling illustrated novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, the  first in a series that has thus far sold 24 million copies. DIARY OF A  WIMPY KID chronicles the adventures of wise—cracking middle school  student Greg Heffley, who must somehow survive the scariest time of  anyone’s life: middle school.

