[3][4] It was directed by Elizabeth Allen, co-produced by Dune Entertainment, Di Novi Pictures, and Walden Media, written by Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay, and produced by Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan with music by Mark Mothersbaugh.

An adventurous and creative third-grader named Ramona Quimby often finds herself in trouble at school and at home and usually spends time with her neighbor and best friend, Howard Kemp.

When her father Robert loses his job and the family falls into severe debt, Ramona's efforts to earn money end up backfiring in humorous ways.

Although he had worked as an executive in a company since Beezus's birth, Robert quarrels with Dorothy (his wife and the girls' mother) when he considers pursuing a new, more creative career.

After a car-painting accident involving Bea's old flame Hobart, who happens to be Howard's uncle, Ramona gives up her money-making schemes.

The next day, she ruins her school portrait by cracking a raw egg in her hair and making a face when the photographer asks her to say "Peas" instead of "Cheese".

The news makes Ramona physically sick, and Robert has to pick her up early from school, interfering with a sudden job interview.

Furious her aunt broke her promise not to get "reeled in" with Hobart again, Ramona rushes home, seeking solace in the attic.

In 2009, it was announced that Elizabeth Allen would direct a film adaptation of the Ramona series of novels written by Beverly Cleary.

Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan spent $15 million to produce the film with writers Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay.

The trailer was released on March 18, 2010, and was shown in theaters along with How to Train Your Dragon, The Last Song, Despicable Me, Toy Story 3, and 20th Century Fox's other films, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Marmaduke.

The website's consensus reads, "If Ramona and Beezus fails to capture the essence of its classic source material, it's sunny, sweet, and wholesome.

[12] Eric Snider of Film.com said that "The resulting story is a jumble, and there are too many side characters, but golly if it isn't pretty darned infectious.