You have to give a bit of applause to Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner for being in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. It isn’t that it’s good, because it really isn’t, but it’s a fun, family-friendly effort that aims at making kids laugh.
In the world of movies geared towards younger audiences, there are two camps – those that have some appeal to older audiences as well, and those that really, really don’t. This one is squarely in the latter camp, which actually makes it hard to judge.
Sure, it’s fairly stupid, but it isn’t precisely because it thinks you’re stupid (or kids are). It’s just that if you’re young, you’re easier to get a laugh out of, and things like getting kicked by a kangaroo are hilarious.
While the film manages a decent story,...
In the world of movies geared towards younger audiences, there are two camps – those that have some appeal to older audiences as well, and those that really, really don’t. This one is squarely in the latter camp, which actually makes it hard to judge.
Sure, it’s fairly stupid, but it isn’t precisely because it thinks you’re stupid (or kids are). It’s just that if you’re young, you’re easier to get a laugh out of, and things like getting kicked by a kangaroo are hilarious.
While the film manages a decent story,...
- 5/14/2015
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Disney’s live-action comedy Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, based on the popular kid’s book by Judith Viorst, got little love when it opened theatrically in October. When Melissa Howland reviewed it here at We Are Movie Geeks, she called it “….a boring, cluttered mess.” (read all of Melissa’s review Here)
Watching Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day on Disney’s new Blu-ray in the less-demanding confines of home, I found it not at all a terrible, horrible, very bad experience. In fact, it was a bit funnier than I expected. 11-year-old Alexander Cooper (Ed Oxenbould) and his family (dad Steve Carell, mom Jennifer Gardner) are put in silly, sitcom-style scenarios, and the PG-style calamities are harmless fun. There are sight gags, pop cultural references, and gross-outs aplenty, but they’re done with a hint of restraint and even some wit.
Watching Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day on Disney’s new Blu-ray in the less-demanding confines of home, I found it not at all a terrible, horrible, very bad experience. In fact, it was a bit funnier than I expected. 11-year-old Alexander Cooper (Ed Oxenbould) and his family (dad Steve Carell, mom Jennifer Gardner) are put in silly, sitcom-style scenarios, and the PG-style calamities are harmless fun. There are sight gags, pop cultural references, and gross-outs aplenty, but they’re done with a hint of restraint and even some wit.
- 2/9/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Based on the children's book of the same name, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (which has to win something for being longest movie title of 2014) tells the story of Alexander Cooper (Ed Oxenbould), a put upon 11 year old whose life never goes the way he wants, while for his family (led by parents Steve Carrell and Jennifer Garner) life couldn't be better. With his twelfth birthday looming, the tried and trusted birthday wish gambit comes into play, with Alexander wanting his family to experience one day in his shoes. What follows is a crazy twenty four hours for the Cooper family, where they have to deal with an ever escalating series of over the top problems. With Chuck & Buck and Cedar Rapids under his belt, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day sees director Miguel Arteta go a bit more family friendly,...
- 10/14/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
I thought Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day was okay. There were some good parts and some bad parts. The movie starts off with Alexander Cooper (Ed Oxenbould) having a very bad day. Then he makes a birthday wish that puts a curse on his family’s day (typical Disney movie). So the next day they are running late and nothing is going right. His family’s bad day goes on for over half the movie.
I thought sometimes the movie went too far. Like when Emily Cooper (Kerris Dorsey) throws up three times in the movie. How much throw up do we really need to see? I certainly don’t want to see any throw up. I think sometimes the movie wasn’t funny – it was outright stupid. Like when Anthony Cooper (Dylan Minnette) is taking his driver’s test and the test person tells...
I thought sometimes the movie went too far. Like when Emily Cooper (Kerris Dorsey) throws up three times in the movie. How much throw up do we really need to see? I certainly don’t want to see any throw up. I think sometimes the movie wasn’t funny – it was outright stupid. Like when Anthony Cooper (Dylan Minnette) is taking his driver’s test and the test person tells...
- 10/11/2014
- by Miranda Clarke
- CinemaNerdz
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible Very Bad, No Good Day follows a rough 24 hours in the life of 11-year-old Alexander Cooper.
Adapted for the big screen from Judith Viorst's 1972 children's picture book, Alexander begins with the titular character waking up with gum in his hair – which ends up being the least of his troubles as the day unfolds. What’s worse, Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) feels like his family is failing to show him due empathy, making him conclude that he’s the only one with bad luck in the bunch.
In Miguel Arteta’s movie, the following day explores a bad day for Alexander’s mom and dad (Jennifer Garner and Steve Carell) and his siblings Anthony (Dylan Minnette), Emily (Kerris Dorsey) and Trevor. Throughout his family’s “terrible, horrible, very bad, no good day,” Alexander tries to help everyone deal with the steady stream of misfortune.
'Alexander' Reviewed
Alexander and the Terrible,...
Adapted for the big screen from Judith Viorst's 1972 children's picture book, Alexander begins with the titular character waking up with gum in his hair – which ends up being the least of his troubles as the day unfolds. What’s worse, Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) feels like his family is failing to show him due empathy, making him conclude that he’s the only one with bad luck in the bunch.
In Miguel Arteta’s movie, the following day explores a bad day for Alexander’s mom and dad (Jennifer Garner and Steve Carell) and his siblings Anthony (Dylan Minnette), Emily (Kerris Dorsey) and Trevor. Throughout his family’s “terrible, horrible, very bad, no good day,” Alexander tries to help everyone deal with the steady stream of misfortune.
'Alexander' Reviewed
Alexander and the Terrible,...
- 10/10/2014
- Uinterview
Dylan Minnette plays Anthony Cooper in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day—and like his character would say in the movie, his life is #Blessed.
For Indiana native Dylan, being a part of this Disney family comedy was amazing because of the relationships he built up with his co-stars. As an only child, it was a new experience in forming off-screen bonds with on-screen siblings Ed Oxenbould (Alexander Cooper) and Kerris Dorsey (Emily Cooper).
"It's not cliche, we're not making it up," he says about the how they formed a tight-knight family. "I get excited to tell people how much I love working with them. It was really special."
Dylan and Anthony have their similarities—but one fortunate difference is that Dylan's real-life driver's test did not go as terribly as Anthony's. He passed it with ease, but found that he could identify with the universal...
For Indiana native Dylan, being a part of this Disney family comedy was amazing because of the relationships he built up with his co-stars. As an only child, it was a new experience in forming off-screen bonds with on-screen siblings Ed Oxenbould (Alexander Cooper) and Kerris Dorsey (Emily Cooper).
"It's not cliche, we're not making it up," he says about the how they formed a tight-knight family. "I get excited to tell people how much I love working with them. It was really special."
Dylan and Anthony have their similarities—but one fortunate difference is that Dylan's real-life driver's test did not go as terribly as Anthony's. He passed it with ease, but found that he could identify with the universal...
- 10/4/2014
- by cassandrahsiao@hotmail.com (Star Reporter Cassandra)
- kidspickflicks
One of my favorite books when I was a young kid was Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by author Judith Viorst (who I would learn later in life actually grew up in the same town as me). Like many of you, surely, I could easily relate to the story of a boy having an unbelievably bad day, leading to dreams of escaping off to Australia. The book has always stuck with me . so naturally it was a bit surreal when I, along with a small group of other journalists, got to visit the set of the movie adaptation of the story last summer when the production was filming in Los Angeles at the legendary Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio. Directed by Miguel Arteta (Cedar Rapids), the big screen version of the classic children.s book stars newcomer Ed Oxenbould as the 11-year-old Alexander Cooper, who...
- 9/10/2014
- cinemablend.com
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