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

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a 2014 American family comedy film directed by Miguel Arteta from a screenplay written by Rob Lieber. The film stars Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, and Ed Oxenbould, and is loosely based on Judith Viorst and Ray Cruzs 1972 childrens book of the same name. Coproduced by Shawn Levy and Lisa Henson for Walt Disney Pictures through their respective production companies,Laps Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company, the film was released in North America on October 10, 2014. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing 101 million worldwide against amillion budget.

The day before Alexanders twelfth birthday, he wakes up and finds gum in his hair and clips it off with a pair of scissors. Anthony is trying to earn his drivers license so he can drive his girlfriend, Celia Bella Thorne, to the prom, Emily is rehearsing for the title role in her school play of Peter Pan, Kelly is working for a publication company that is publishing a new childrens book which will promote her to vice president of the company, and Ben, who has been unemployed for seven months, has landed a job interview as a game designer for a video game company.That same morning, Alexander attends school where he experiences another series of mishaps, as well as finding out that his friends, including his crush, Becky Gibson Sidney Fullmer, and best friend, Paul Mekai Curtis, will all be attending the birthday party of Philip Parker Lincoln Melcher instead of his, due to Philips expensive party entertainment and popularity. He tries to tell his family how miserably his day has gone, but none of them even listen to what he says. That evening, Anthony upsets Celia during a phone call while yelling at Alexander saying he is an idiot brother, and Emily rehearses her stage lines in Kellys car while leaving its light on. Alexander makes himself a makeshift birthday sundae and wishes his family could experience the disappointments he does every day. ........

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