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

Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and sister - who all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Director:

Miguel Arteta

Writers:

Rob Lieber (screenplay), Rob Lieber (screen story)

Stars:

Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Carell	...	Ben Cooper
Jennifer Garner	...	Kelly Cooper
Ed Oxenbould	...	Alexander Cooper
Dylan Minnette	...	Anthony Cooper
Kerris Dorsey	...	Emily Cooper
Elise Vargas	...	Baby Trevor
Zoey Vargas	...	Baby Trevor
Sidney Fullmer	...	Becky Gibson
Bella Thorne	...	Celia
Megan Mullally	...	Nina
Mekai Curtis	...	Paul Dumphy (as Mekai Matthew Curtis)
Lincoln Melcher	...	Philip Parker
Reese Hartwig	...	Elliot Gibson
Martha Hackett	...	Mrs. Gibson
Mary Mouser	...	Audrey Gibson

Storyline

For 12 year old Alexander Cooper, everyday is a bad day. And his family thinks he's being silly because they never have a bad day. On the day before his 12th birthday party, he learns that another boy is having a party of his own and everyone is going to it. And another kid punks him online. So at midnight of his birthday, he wishes that his whole family can have a bad day. And things for the whole family go bad, his mom's car is broken so they have to share a car, his sister has a cold and has to go on stage, his older brother, who's hoping to get his driver's license and to bring his girlfriend to the prom, has to deal with his girlfriend's snootiness and fails to get his license, his mom has a crisis at work which could cost her her job, and his dad who has a job interview has to bring his younger brother with him but because his pacifier is broken he can't stop crying. Alex feels responsible.

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Plot Keywords:

based on book | long title | bad day | birthday | job interview | 

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Taglines:

For Alexander, life couldn't get worse. For his family, life couldn't be better.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for rude humor including some reckless behavior and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Spanish]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alexander y un día terrible, horrible, malo... ¡muy malo!

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,360,230, 10 October 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$66,954,149

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$100,654,149

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, 21 Laps Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the book or cartoon, Alexander was the youngest and had only two brothers, Anthony and Nick but in the movie Alexander was the 3rd of four children where he had two brothers and a sister. One of the brothers and the sister is older. But the other brother is younger. Their names are Anthony, Emily, and Trevor

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Goofs

Throughout the entire movie, while the characters are on their cell phones, the screen is lit up. On these makes of cell phones (iPhone) when the phone is held to your ear, the screen goes black. The screen only lights up when the phone is removed from your ear.

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Quotes

Kelly Cooper: If you hadn't left the battery out of my car all night Dick van Dyke wouldn't be mad at me Chim Chimminy wants to kill me. Can you imagine?

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Connections

Referenced in The Chase Australia: Episode #2.76 (2016)

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Soundtracks

Need You Tonight
Written by Andrew Farriss (as Andrew Charles Farriss), Michael Hutchence (as Michael Kelland Hutchence)
Performed by INXS
Courtesy of Petrol Electric
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Meet the Parents for kids

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a harmless family movie. This movie is basically Meet the Parents for kids. It's over-the-top, but considering the audience they were going for, it works. If my kids wanted to watch it with me again, I wouldn't say no.