Dear Dumb Diary is a Hallmark Channel television film based on the book series of the same name by Jim Benton.

[1] It stars Emily Alyn Lind as Jamie Kelly, a seventh-grader who documents her experiences at Mackerel Middle School in her diary, as well as Mary-Charles Jones as her best friend Isabella and Sterling Griffith as popular girl Angeline.

Upon finding out that art classes are being revoked due to budget cuts, she inadvertently signs up for the Jump-A-Thon, which Angeline is also participating in.

A few days prior to the Jump-A-Thon, Jamie finds out that Isabella lied about the "Juvenile Optometry Federation" and used the money to buy herself some contact lenses.

The movie ends with Jamie concluding that everyone has some form of "inner beauty," though much to her chagrin, Angeline calls her to proclaim that Hudson is going to be her date to Carol and Dan's wedding.

The side story of Jamie stealing Angeline's permanent record is borrowed from Let's Pretend This Never Happened, while the "zone-shampooing" gag originates from a storyline in Am I The Princess Or The Frog.