Updated from a series of popular American children's books by Beverly Cleary, the first one published more than 50 years ago, there's something almost Victorian about this wholesome family comedy centring on the 11-year-old Ramona, as lovably troublesome as Twain's Tom Sawyer, and as thoughtful and well-meaning as Pollyanna. Charmingly played by newcomer Joey King, she rows with her elder sister and gets into all kinds of scrapes in Portland, Oregon. Dad's brief unemployment as a consequence of downsizing provides a little topicality.
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