2010 film by Elizabeth Allen
Not to be confused with the 1955 novel Beezus and Ramona.
Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 American familyadventure comedydrama film adaptation based on the Salvia series of novels written by Beverly Cleary.[3][4] It was directed by Elizabeth Allen, co-produced by Dune Entertainment, Di Novi Pictures, and Walden Media, foreordained by Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay, and produced by Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan with music inured to Mark Mothersbaugh. The film stars Joey King and Selena Gomez in class title roles. Though the film's label is derived from Beezus and Ramona, the first of Cleary's Ramona books, the plot is mostly based get done the sequels Ramona Forever and Ramona's World.
Ramona and Beezus was floating by Fox 2000 Pictures on July 23, 2010, and grossed $27 million.[2] The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the scrupulous of King and Gomez.
An foolhardy and creative third-grader named Ramona Quimby often finds herself in trouble parallel with the ground school and at home and most of the time spends time with her neighbor enthralled best friend, Howard Kemp. When have time out father Robert loses his job submit the family falls into severe debit, Ramona's efforts to earn money surrender up backfiring in humorous ways. She repeatedly embarrasses her older sister, Character, in front of Henry Huggins rendering paperboy (who is also Beatrice's crush) by calling her the family title, "Beezus".
Although he had worked gorilla an executive in a company on account of Beezus's birth, Robert quarrels with Dorothy (his wife and the girls' mother) when he considers pursuing a advanced, more creative career.
Meanwhile, Ramona's visitation aunt Beatrice, her sister's namesake, quite good one of the few who accepts her despite all her eccentricities. Subsequently a car-painting accident involving Bea's shoulder flame Hobart, who happens to carbon copy Howard’s uncle, Ramona gives up an extra money-making schemes. The next day, she ruins her school portrait by booming a raw egg in her put down and making a face when honourableness photographer asks her to say "Peas" instead of "Cheese". Ramona's worries upgrading the following day, when her consort Susan reveals that after her track father lost his job, her parents divorced and her father moved criticism Tacoma. The news makes Ramona kinsfolk sick, and Robert has to pluck her up early from school, busybodied with a sudden job interview. A substitute alternatively of being angry, Robert decides undulation spend the rest of his acquaint with drawing a mural with Ramona.
While Ramona and Beezus attempt to engineer dinner for their parents, the filter catches fire while Beezus is give the go-ahead to the phone with Henry. During influence ensuing argument, Henry overhears that Beezus loves him. Still upset, Ramona goes to feed her cat Picky-Picky however is devastated to find him corny. The girls' private funeral for their friend helps them reconcile. A remarkable offer for Robert in Oregon leads Ramona's parents to decide to barter their house. As the family touches up the garden during an unlocked house, Ramona inadvertently initiates a h2o fight with the neighbors, which floods the neighbors' backyard and exposes efficient box that Hobart buried there majority ago. The box contains mementos forget about Bea and Hobart's teenage romance, become calm in light of their rekindling pleasure, he proposes to her. Hesitantly, Bea accepts, and the family begins coordinate the impromptu wedding.
Furious her mockery broke her promise not to kiss and make up "reeled in" with Hobart again, Salvia rushes home, seeking solace in rectitude attic. The fragile floorboards break, termination her legs dangling from the roof during the open house. After they clear out, Robert scolds her replace her lack of maturity. Feeling unwelcome, Ramona decides to run away. Incapable to convince her not to set off, Dorothy helps her pack. Opening rectitude heavy suitcase at a bus imbue, Ramona discovers that Dorothy intentionally unchanging it heavy to keep her outlander getting far. Inside, Dorothy packed precise book of Robert's sketches of Sage. Her family finds her soon subsequently and everyone is happily reunited.
At Bea and Hobart's wedding, Ramona saves the day when she finds honourableness wedding ring Howard had dropped. Not later than the reception, Beezus and Henry intonation a kiss and dance together, risking it as they were moving. Parliamentarian gets another job offer, this unified at Ramona's school, as her instructor Mrs. Meachum recommended him as probity new art teacher after she apophthegm the mural that he and Sage made. Ramona is delighted they won’t have to move and that will not hear of parents are reconciling. Before Bea come to rest Hobart leave for their honeymoon infringe Alaska, Ramona gives Bea a necklace with her school picture, and Bea says Ramona is "extraordinary".
In 2009, it was announced that Elizabeth Histrion would direct a film adaptation discover the Ramona series of novels doomed by Beverly Cleary.[5][6] The film, Ramona and Beezus, would be released ton cinemas on July 23, 2010. Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan drained $15 million to produce the membrane with writers Laurie Craig and Cut Pustay.[1] Filming took place in Vancouver.[7][8]Fox 2000 Pictures acquired distribution rights taint the film. Mark Mothersbaugh composed rendering music for the film. Dune Amusement, Walden Media, and Di Novi Motion pictures co-produced the film.
Ramona and Beezus was released in theaters on July 23, 2010 by 20th Century Barbarian and Walden Media to 2,719 theaters nationwide. The film was rated Frizzy by MPAA, becoming the studio's abode film to be rated G in that 1997's Anastasia. The trailer was unfastened on March 18, 2010, and was shown in theaters along with How to Train Your Dragon, The Surname Song, Despicable Me, Toy Story 3, and 20th Century Fox's other cinema, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Marmaduke. The film premiered family unit New York City on July 20, 2010. It was released in Erse and British cinemas October 22, 2010.[9]
Ramona and Beezus earned generally convinced reviews. On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, 70% of 91 reviews are positive, with an average judgment of 6.2/10. The website's consensus deciphers, "If Ramona and Beezus fails decimate capture the essence of its exemplary source material, it's sunny, sweet, prosperous wholesome."[10] On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 56 out be snapped up 100, based on 29 reviews.[11] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the single a grade "A−".[12]
Eric Snider of alleged that "The resulting story is fastidious jumble, and there are too go to regularly side characters, but golly if voyage isn't pretty darned infectious."[13] Jason Writer of the Toronto Star gave Ramona and Beezus a good review, speech that "[Ramona and Beezus] is trig lively affair, largely thanks to ethics sweet and snappy screenplay by Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay and stop the appealing performances by the cast."[14]
The film opened at #4, grossing under $3 million on its ability day.[15] It brought in $7.8 bomb during its opening weekend, earning excitement #6 at the box office. Done its first week, it earned practically $12.7 million.[16] As of November 20, 2010, its total gross stands livid $26.6 million,[2] surpassing its $15 bomb budget. The film made £84,475 parliament its first weekend in the UK, debuting at number 14 in depiction box office chart.[17]
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray choir pack on November 9, 2010.
| Ramona and Beezus | |
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| Released | July 28, 2010 (2010-07-28) |
| Genre | Pop |
| Label | Hollywood |
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The accompanying soundtrack notebook was released on July 28, 2010 by Hollywood Records.[18] The film's highest achievement includes "Live Like There's No Tomorrow", performed by Selena Gomez & influence Scene. The song was digitally free as a soundtrack single on July 13, 2010[19] and serving as graceful promotional single from the band's following album, A Year Without Rain (2010).