Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever is an American computer-animated comedy film. It is based upon the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid webcomic. It was released December 8, 2023.
Synopsis[]
The winter holidays are turning out to be especially stressful for Greg Heffley this year. After accidentally damaging a snowplow while making a snowman with best friend Rowley Jefferson, Greg worries he won’t get the new video game console he so desperately wants for Christmas. To make matters worse, he gets snowed in with his family, including his grumpy older brother Rodrick and annoying younger brother Manny.
Plot[]
It's Christmas time and Greg is trying to remain good so that he can get the new video game console, the Mega Station 9000. He has two weeks left as his mother, Susan, attempts to put the family in the holiday spirit. She introduces them to Elfrendo, a creepy stuffed elf doll that supposedly watches their every move for Santa and becomes a source of annoyance for Greg.
To remain good, Greg gets Rowley to build a snowman with him, but create a snowball that is so large that it rips up the lawn. Down the street, a snowplow woman (identified as "Gabby" in the credits. but called only "Snowplow Lady" throughout the film by Greg) is accosted by children. Greg and Rowley accidentally knock their large snowball down the street that damages the snowplow's blade. The two of them run from Gabby and lose her. Knowing they will be identified by their clothing items, they drop them off in the dumpster. When they return home, Susan forces the family into a Christmas drive through town where Greg learns that the dumpster was a toy donation bin. The next day, wanted posters of the "assailants" are posted everywhere and Greg plans with Rowley to get their things back.
The next day, a snowstorm has snowed everyone in, just as Greg's dad "Frank" was worrying about. The family is forced to remain indoors until the storm passes which could take days, this made all the more difficult when the power goes out. Greg slightly feels better when he finds that his family did get him his game console, but starts to succumb to family tension. Susan tries to invigorate everyone's holiday spirit, Frank attempts to keep inventory, though he notices things are suddenly missing, and "Rodrick" tries to power the doorbell camera in an attempt to find the snowball culprits, after falsely assuming that two high schoolers stole Greg and Rowley's things and caused the snowplow damage. The family suffer from cabin fever and start arguing with one another, made worse when their water pipes burst. When "Manny" goes missing, the family search for him and find that he has been hoarding much of their supplies.
The Heffleys finally calm down and seeing as how it is Christmas Eve decide to open one present early, making everyone feel better. They notice that it has stopped snowing and Greg sneaks out to enact his plan. He recruits Rowley and they make their way to the toy donation bin, though they have to dig furiously for it due to the snow. Greg finds their things, but Rowley abandons him when Gabby arrives. She is impressed with Greg having shoveled all the snow and offers him a ride back to his house. Greg learns that Gabby is a single mom who only does snow plowing as a side job to support her and her son, Tyler. She wanted to get him Mega Station, but cannot afford it. Greg leaves on good terms with her, even though she spots the clothing items he retrieved, she calls him a "good kid" and they part.
Greg returns just as the power returns to the neighbothood and the family celebrate. They see a police officer vehicle pull up and Rodrick realizes that Greg is the snowball culprit. The Heffleys instead decide to hide the evidence, but Greg decides to turn himself in. It turns out that the police were simply looking for donations and Greg decides to give up his Mega Station to Gabbyy and Tyler. Greg now appreciates his family even more, but promises himself that he will get the console that comes out next year instead.
Cast[]
- Wesley Kimmel as Greg Heffley
- Spencer Howell as Rowley Jefferson
- Chris Diamantopoulos as Frank Heffley
- Erica Cerra as Susan Heffley
- Hunter Dillon as Rodrick Heffley
- Gracen Newton as Manny Heffley
- Christine Convery as Fregley
- Lisa Ann Walter as Gabby "Snowplow Lady"
- Gabriel Iglesias as Officer Vasquez
- Ego Nwodim as Officer Leonard
- Randy Pearlstein as Mr. Jefferson
Trivia[]
- This movie recasts Greg Heffley from Brady Noon to Wesley Kimmel.
- Rowley Jefferson is recast from Ethan William Childress to Spencer Howell.
- While this is officially the third of the animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid films, this is actually based on the sixth book.
- Cabin Fever is the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book to be exclusively made into an animated film and not as a live-action film.
- It's also the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book to adapted into a movie since Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.
- This was originally a half an hour Christmas special by 20th Century Fox back in 2014 but it ended up getting delayed multiple times before eventually getting cancelled after Disney purchased 20th Century Fox. 
- This is the first holiday-themed film in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise. 
- This is the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid animated film to use the 2022 Disney opening logo. The first two animated films used the 2006 logo.
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External links[]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever on IMDb- Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever on IMDb
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