Underplayed Gems

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

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day poster
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
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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.

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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)

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