This one tries to be more faithful to the Rodrick Rules book so characters like Holly don’t show up unlike live action. Do like the voice performance which can’t blame due to pandemic going on at the time. Animation could do some work I mean it isn’t everyone cup of tea. John Paesano score is good to say like other animated version of first Diary of the Wimpy Kid one and songs I like but prefer the live action song over this.

They just keep making these, eh? Not good when one is somewhat of a completionist when it comes to franchises. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules' is at least a minor improvement on the original animated flick from a year prior. The run time is nice and short so doesn't really overly stay its welcome, naturally (given I'm obviously not the target audience etc.) it was a bit boring throughtout for me. I can still acknowledge it's a relatively OK film, though. The voice cast aren't anything worth shouting from the rooftops about, perhaps with the exception of a certain Ed Asner. It shows how the live-action films from this series actually did do a good job with its casting, because I still always associate the characters here to Zachary Gordon & Co. - despite only seeing those movies once or twice. I'm split on the animation style. On the one hand it looks dull, yet kinda still works. I remember the 2021 release had some overt continuity issues onscreen, as well as a few audio problems. This one doesn't, at least none of which I noticed, so that's a plus point, I guess!

While the heart of the first film is mostly still there, this animated film failed to present the theme of sibling rivalry in any fresh or interesting way.