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Film: Ramona and Beezus

A Little Sister Goes A Long Way

The 2010 movie adaptation for the Ramona Quimby series of books. Instead of adapting a single book, the movie hits on most of the major story lines of the series and compresses everything into a single year (the series takes place over a span of six years).

The film provides examples of:

Actor Allusion: At the expense of Selena Gomez.
Compressed Adaptation: The movie hits on most the major plot events of the books by making them all happen in a relatively short time period.
Embarrassing Nickname:
Beezus: Who could ever love someone named Beezus?
Ramona: Jesus?
Gosh Darn It to Heck!: As in Ramona the Brave, Ramona is so angry she threatens to say a bad word. So she shouts "GUTS!", but rather than get in trouble, she gets laughed at.
Never Trust a Trailer: While the movie has a lot of humor in it, the trailers make it seem like a slapstick comedy.
Non Indicative Title: Despite the title being an inversion of the first book's title, that book has the least amount of material used in the movie.
- Much of the film's plot actually comes from the fourth book Ramona and Her Father.
The Runaway: Ramona