Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day [DVD]

Cute movie! Good plot, especially seeing as nobody has everything go perfectly. Jennifer Garner is stressed with her job and taking care of the family, and Steve Carell is the at-home dad, in between jobs and searching for one. Some hilarious things throughout the movie. My kids loved it. One caution is the word penis in there, though, if anyone is really not ready to explain that for whatever reason. It's not being used in a bad way. Easier for me with boys, we kept on going! Good theme and I like Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner.

The family in this movie made me quickly come to love them. The worse their day got, the greater the grace that they had to get through it. I couldn't help but sympathize with them because we've all been in these crazy, disastrous, situations. This movie was beautifully knitted together into a happy comedy that left me laughing and happy and satisfied. It was a great family movie and I highly recommend it...especially if you've been having a bad day, too. I'm going to buy it for my home library.

Very funny Jennifer Garner/Steve Carell flick about the boy frrom thw 1972? book (Judith Viuorst, who appared at the 2014 preview for it) who gets a very( (check the title!) bad day. Just like the title says. only thing is, it's a little TOo bad, but in a very surprsingly way, that we all know in our own bad days in our veyr own real lives! We get Australa, Jennifer Coolidge (most famously perhsaps, the AMERICAN PIE series), Dick Van Dyke (as..!) - you'll spot them..--a crazy resturant trip, Bella Thorne..>!!(somewhat like some of other characters, such as THE DUFF's mean girl). AN more!I've always enjyoed thsis..

This movie is completely relatable for any family. Everyone has had one of those days where nothing goes right and you just need to kick a trash can.Steve Carrell gives the perfect performance. You can completely relate to the events unfolding in his day, especially if you have young children and although many of us wouldn't expect these events to occur, they absolutely could at the drop of a dime.The movie teaches a nice just push through it message. Positivity is important when dealing with a bad day.This is a great family movie, I enjoyed it immensely.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Disney, PG, 81 min.). Looks like the filmmakers went for the world's longest title. The good news is the film is funny enough to sustain the title. thanks in great part to Steve Carell as the father, Ben Cooper, and all the physical things that go wrong throughout the day. This is a key day for the family as well: Ben, who has been unemployed for seven months after being laid off from the aerospace industry, has a job interview; daughter Emily (Kerris Dorsey) is debuting as Peter Pan in the school play; big brother Anthony (Dylan Minnette) is taking his driving test and then heading to Junior Prom with one of the hottest girls in school; and Alexander (Ed Oxenbould), who always seems to be having a horrible day, is turning 12 and is going to have a birthday party that no one is going to attend because classmate Philip Parker, whose birthday is not actually until next week, has moved his spectacular birthday party up to the same night.After a day that included him accidentally setting a fire in chemistry class, a depressed Alexander makes a birthday sundae with a candle and, when he blows out the candle, wishes that his family will experience a horrible day like he does. When the family wakes up in a few hours, it seems like Alexander's wish has come true -- with a vengeance. Alexander's baby brother loses an encounter with a green marker; sister Peter Pan imbibes too much cough medicine; dad has his own fire issues while trying to impress potential bosses at a hibachi restaurant; mom trying to stop Dick Van Dyke from reading from a children's book with a bad misprint at a press event; and Anthony has the funniest driving test ever. What impresses is that the family's tight bond continues throughout the disastrous day, and ultimately triumphs.Bonus features include book author Judith Viorst and her son, Alexander, reminiscing about the children's book (5 min.); director Miguel Arteta and cast discussing the Outback-themed birthday party (7 min.); Oxenbould's brief video diary (6 min.); bloopers (4 min.); and the "Hurricane" music video by The Vamps. Grade: film 3.25 stars; extras 2 stars

I didn't know much about this movie and I had never read the book, but we went ahead and purchased it and it was hilarious! We laughed our way through it and I was pleasantly surprised at the kind message it also delivered.

My 4 year old granddaughter loves the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, so I decided to rent the movie for her. At first she was a little confused because she seemed to expect the movie to be exactly like the shirt children’s book, but it held her attention throughout and my husband and I enjoyed it, as well.

An absolute cheesey disney movie that somehow (through it's excellent cast almost certainly) manages to walk the tight rope of ridiculous and heartfelt. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, in fact will probably buy it someday. After having thought about it some, I have concluded that it reminds me of movies like Christmas Vacation, legitimately funny, relatable, and above all heartfelt.

Went into Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day with a open mind, as disney live action movies can be fantastic, but then some can be pretty poor.And this? well it was just fantastic, i really really did enjoy it. Felt so sorry for little Alexander, everything in that poor lads life just keeps going wrong, i also felt my heart brake a little when he's in bed, his brother said "I love you", Alexander thinks its for him, but the brother is on the phone to his girlfriend, awwww, poor guy!

We had to cover the book during school lesson and found it very funny. We then got intrigued by the movie and decided to obtain a copy. Whilst the movie is only very loosely based on the book, we found it very entertaining and very funny. Kids and adults alike laughed a lot.

Bought for DVD player in car and taking on holiday.

Daughter absolutely loves this film!

Unexpected Deilight.