Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Short description
Alexander Cooper wakes up one morning with gum tangled in his hair, and the day only gets worse from there. He complains to his family, but his parents, brother and sister are too busy with their own good fortune to take him seriously. Alexander begins to suspect that misfortune singles him out. Then his mother, father, brother and sister each run into disasters of their own on the same day, and he discovers he is not alone after all. The film is a family comedy adapted from Judith Viorst's picture book, with Ed Oxenbould as Alexander, Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner as his parents, Dylan Minnette and Kerris Dorsey as his siblings, and a screenplay by Rob Lieber for Walt Disney Pictures.
Miguel Arteta directed, placing the film between Cedar Rapids and Beatriz at Dinner in his filmography of eight features. Made for about 28 million dollars, it took in roughly 101 million worldwide, a return well above its cost for a studio family release. On IMDb it holds 6.2 from around 49,000 votes, on TMDB 6.2 from a much smaller 1,453 votes, so audiences of both sites land in the same middle range. A critics' score of 5.8 from 119 reviews sits close to those audience figures rather than far below them. The credited cast runs to 48 names and the crew to 104.
What's left behind the scenes
- When Alexander's teacher chooses countries for an assignment, he points to them on a globe. The third time he does this, he names Lebanon, while pointing somewhere in the area of Alaska, the Bering Strait, or Eastern Russia.
- Over 500 boys auditioned for the role of Alexander.
- Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner both attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Carell graduated in 1984, and Garner in 1994.
- Lisa Cholodenko could have directed the film, but she left the project in February 2013.
- The film is based on the book of the same name by Judith Viorst, which was published in 1972. The prototypes for the main characters were Viorst's sons: Alexander, Anthony, and Nicholas. The book sold over 2 million copies worldwide, received the status of a “Notable Children’s Book” from the American Library Association (ALA); the author received the “Recognition of Merit” award from the George G. Stone Center, the “Georgia Children’s Book Award,” and was featured on the “Reading Rainbow” program (1983-2012), which encouraged young viewers to read.
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