Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

When something fresh and successful comes along, everyone wants a piece of it. Shortly following the films release, a number of copycats emerge and to be honest most of them are terrible. Maybe it's because we tend to compare it to the original or maybe it's because the scripts are rushed and just aren't that good. In any case, after the release of the Wimpy Kid series, we saw a lot of these family comedies, centering on the not so popular kids, and as expected, most of them were awful, with one notable exception. Alexander's bad day focuses on a young man whose birthday coincides with his first day of middle school, which doesn't go so well. After receiving no sympathy from his family, Alexander wishes that they all had their own bad day, and the results were hilarious. This isn't the typical PG family comedy you see from Disney, as it was quite raunchy for them and really pushes the boundary of that PG rating. Ed Oxenbould stars as Alexander and fits the role like a glove. Oxenbould looks and sounds kind of awkward, after all it is a strange age, but watching him gave the feeling that he's not all that unfamiliar with being unpopular. Possibly playing on real life experience, he rivals Alex Gordon with a performance that was not only believable, but it was also very funny. Another advantage this film has over the Wimpy Kid series is that the young cast has help from some of Hollywood's elite, as co-stars include Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner. The pair give a lot of support and the producers use them to break-up the middle school monotony that would has surely ensued. While not my usual genre, I loved the Wimpy kid series, but Alexander's bad day is more than an adequate alternative for those who are looking for something a little bit different.

Film Review of the movie Alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day.Introduction Alexander and the terrible horrible, no good, very bad day was launched in 2014 by Disney, and was directed by Miguel Arteta. Alexander and the terrible is a comedy and family film with an age limit year 9+. It was produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Levina and Lisa Henson.Main actors Steve Carell as Ben Cooper.Jennifer Garner as Kelly Cooper.Dylan Remind Gillette as Anthony Cooper.Kerris Dorsey as Emily Cooper.Ed Oxenbould as Alexander Cooper.Elise Vargas and Zoey Vargas as Baby TrevorMain Action The film begins with Alexander wakes up in the morning, everyone else has a glorious day. He goes get to brush your teeth, and her sister Kelly discovers gum in his hair. He ends up cutting a piece of hair. The mother can be vice president, the father can join a game company as a video game programmer. His brother has a perfect life with girlfriend and will run up to the driver's license and her sister has got the role in Peter Pan play at school. He comes to school and learns that Phillip Parker is having a party not birthday on Alexander's birthday, everyone will go to his party. Alexander set fire to "Crush" his lab book. He ran after day with more and more bad luck. The next day was the his birthday, his desire that everyone in the family got to know how his day was every day. Alexander has an absolutely perfect day. Phillip Parker has gotten chickenpox and his party is canceled. While Alexander has an absolutely perfect day has everyone else in the family an absolutely terrible no good no good very bad day. Mora nearly lost your job, dad's interview did not go well, Baby Trevor ate a pen, her sister is very ill and his brother crashed the car and did not pass a driver's license test. They go to the doctor and get cough syrup to Emily, but Emily drinking everything gets much cough syrup and becomes "High" before the play. She crashes the whole scene and the whole spectacle was ruined!no job and was promoted to vice president of the company. His father got a interview at a Japanese restaurant, the interview is going very well. He managed to get 10 shrimp in a row in the mouth while a cook tossed shrimp on him, but he is set on fire .. He was a fierce pirate! He got the job because the game designers thought he was cool and had good ideas on a Space simulator game.So, it comes to Alexander's birthday ... It was an alligator in the house! Parent had rented in a whole Australian zoo in the garden. Alexander loves Australia, throughout his room is covered by Australian souvenirs. The party was fighting well, there were many cubs basis of the school and the whole class to Alexander arrived at the party but, they had rented 3 "Cowboys" to the party which was actually male strippers, "Cowboys" understood that it was a children's party they had been hired in to. Therefore, they began to dance with back flips and cool tricks to the children who watched.Environment The environment in the film is very sunny, they spend much of the color green. The film seems to be filmed in the USA with typical yellow school buses and chemistry labs. The action takes place most at school, at home, on the street and at work. It's very calm atmosphere and environment in the film. Means and camera The film seems to be in the present (2014) they use modern technology to daily use for example phone and PC. There is much joy between families and friends, expected since it is a children / family film. Alexander's values ​​are family and friends. The protagonists have no form of special development. No one who was naughty or nice that was good or bad. Film is told by Alexander with narration through film. There was tension curve when the family got unlucky, and highlight when the family gathered and tried to resist bad luck The film will be shown at eye level / normal perspective, comrade moved very smooth.Vi see people in a half-close and close image, we see the environment in the light of people who are focused on. The edited movie to a leisurely pace. The cliffs sometimes between people, and shows the drive sometimes. Tuning of the film is quite kid-friendly, widely used bright colors and quiet sound. The film has a varied pace, started quietly and walked faster when Alexander wanted the family bad luck that birthday wish. I think the movie is trying to tell us that some days are just too poor to try to fix. And that Man should be happy in family and friends. I think the morale of the film is that one should not wish bad things over his family, and that some days are just too bad to fix. The film is suitable for teenagers, they had some jokes / scenes that were a little inappropriate for children under 12 years. Eg. That Emily was "High", male strippers. Without those, it had been a clear 7-9 year age limit. Self-assessment Would recommend it to family and friends to watch the . It's a good movie to watch if you are bored. It shows what the family can achieve if they just stand together. Seems movie was pretty good, was somewhat inappropriate jokes and scenes in the film. There are many funny scenes where the family has unimaginable bad luck Otherwise it was a good film with humorous scenes and a good end where the family gets together and have a good day. I therefore I think this movie deserves a 6/10

It's nice to see a family comedy that does great at the box office! It's not so nice to see such a low rating here on IMDb. I think that this film successfully treads a fine line between portraying the vicissitudes of life and a bit of humor. Yes, you could look at things superficially and just see funny/disastrous things happening to a family. Or, you can look just a little deeper and see how everyday life can weigh our spirits down...if we let them...and sometimes it's hard not to.Ed Oxenbould, as the principal child in the cast (age 12) does nicely, although I can't see him becoming a very successful child star; he's struggling with entering puberty and feeling ignored by his family. Steve Carell handles the role of the father with aplomb; the father is out of work and trying to land a software job. Jennifer Garner, as the mother, also handles things well; she is having her own challenges on the work front. Dylan Minnette is appropriately cool as the older brother; he's having issues with his girlfriend. Kerris Dorsey is clearly talented as the older sister; she may or may not be the next Peter Pan in her school play. Each member of the family is struggling coping with everyday life.In terms of supporting cast, it's worth mentioning Megan Mullally playing her usual -itchy attitude as the mother's boss. It's also nice to see Dick VanDyke in a cameo role.The big mystery here to me is Donald Glover as the lead of a software company where the father is attempting to land a job. I have yet to figure out who Donald Glover is...as a person. And from what I read, he hasn't figured himself out either. There seems to me to be no pattern to his career; unfortunately, it seems as if his career is based on his "cuteness"...despite the fact that he is clearly extremely talented. It'll be interesting to see where he ultimately lands.The problem is this film is that -- despite what we may wish -- everyone can't always find a happy ending...particularly at virtually the same time. There's one good lesson for kids here -- to some extent what we make of a day (or life) is up to us. But there's a bad lesson here, too -- despite the film, life doesn't always have happy endings.It's entertaining, it's fun, and it can be thought provoking if you get beyond looking at it superficially.

One thing I definitely wasn't expecting to do during Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, was laugh. It's nowhere near a perfect comedy, but is still very enjoyable. Watching the trailer for this movie all I was thinking was 1. Another bomb for Steve Carell (who can be laugh out loud hilarious) and 2. I want to barf right now. I mean this movie just looked so awful. For the kind of movie this is, a 62% on rotten tomatoes is absolutely shocking. But you can never know how good a movie is until you watch it so I thought "what the hell, I'll give it a shot".So basically, Alexander (I'm not saying the whole title) is about a kid who is about a kid who can never seem to have an actually decent day. We get a day in the life of him in the first 15 or 20 min of the film and yeah...his life totally sucks. His family seems to have great things going for themselves, his mom works happily in the book industry, his sister is the best stage actress in her school, his older brother is dating a hot chick and about to get his driver's license, and his father and his baby brother really don't do anything at all. The next day is Alexander's birthday and nobody from his school is coming because they're all going to some cool kid's party. That night at midnight, Alexander makes a wish that his family knew what a totally awful day is like. Of course, the wish comes true, and we get to see Alexander have a great day while his family has a god awful day. It's a pretty stupid concept. I can't say it's executed perfectly, but for the kind of film it is the filmmakers execute it well. It's kind of hard to believe that I liked this movie. There's many laugh out loud moments and even though it has some Hollywood moments, it's not consistent. I've seen some family films these days that try and fail to put in some mild jokes that push the PG rating. In this, they do that perfectly because they're not too profound adult jokes. Overall, Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day mostly avoids the Hollywood territory. It's not a fabulous comedy by any means, but you'll get a lot of laughs.