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

Directed by

Miguel Arteta

Genre

comedy film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 1,427 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy wakes up to a day where everything goes wrong, from breakfast to school to home. His family tries to help, but their efforts make the day even crazier for everyone.

lightheartedfunnychaoticfamily-friendlywhimsicalmildly stressfulcomic

What happens

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Miguel Arteta from a screenplay written by Rob Lieber, loosely based on Judith Viorst's 1972 children's book of the same name. It stars Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner and Ed Oxenbould and was co-produced by Shawn Levy and Lisa Henson for Walt Disney Pictures through their respective production companies, 21 Laps Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company. The film was released in North America on October 10, 2014. It received mixed reviews from critics but was a success at the box office, grossing $100.6 million worldwide against a $28 million budget. It is one of the few films produced by The Jim Henson Company to not feature any puppets. A reboot film titled Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip was released on Disney+ on March 28, 2025 with an entirely new cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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