Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014 · Movie · PG · 81 min · ★ 6.2 · 58% critics
A kid wakes up to a string of small disasters that snowball into an all-time awful day, and it feels like no one in the family understands. As the chaos spreads and everyone faces their own mishaps, the family is forced to deal with frustration, embarrassment, and bad luck together.
Based on Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Also known as Alexander and the Very Bad Day
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-10-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (1,416 votes)
- Box office
- $101,400,000
- Budget
- $28,000,000
About
If you enjoy fast, goofy family comedies where everything goes wrong but the message stays warm, this should work, especially if you liked YES DAY or Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules; Not for you if you want clean, low-chaos humor.
Pros: energetic family comedy; relatable bad-day message; quick, easy watch | Cons: humor can be crude; uneven laughs; over-the-top situations
Themes
- based on novel or book
- job interview
- wish
- bad luck
- based on children's book
- driver's test
Cast & crew
Steve Carell
as Ben Cooper
Jennifer Garner
as Kelly Cooper
Ed Oxenbould
as Alexander Cooper
Dylan Minnette
as Anthony Cooper
Kerris Dorsey
as Emily Cooper
- EV
Elise Vargas
as Baby Trevor
- ZV
Zoey Vargas
as Baby Trevor
Sidney Fullmer
as Becky Gibson
Bella Thorne
as Celia
Megan Mullally
as Nina
Directed by Miguel Arteta