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<\/a><\/p>\nAlexander Cooper (Ed Oxenbould) is eleven years old and he is always having bad days. He loves to study about Australia but the geography teacher assigns that country to another student, leaving him disappointed. It\u2019s just another bad day. It\u2019s also the day before his birthday and things are not going well for anyone in his family. His mom, Kelly (Jennifer Garner) works for a publisher and a glitch in the launch of a new children\u2019s book threatens her career. His dad, Ben (Steve Carrell), has been out of work and finally has a job interview lined up that is like none other.<\/p>\n
Ben is perpetually optimistic, though, and it annoys Alexander. His older brother, Anthony (Dylan Minnette) ends up wearing a powder blue tuxedo to the prom and his high maintenance girl friend is not impressed. His sister, Emily (Kerris Dorsey) has a lead in \u201cPeter Pan\u201d but comes down with a cold and over doses on over-the-counter cough syrup. She flies through the air and lands on a \u00a0scenic wall. Captain Hook never has a chance.<\/p>\n
Back to Alexander. He discovers that all the boys he invited to his party are now going to a party for another kid who plans his a week early just to annoy Alexander. Alex becomes more dejected but as more things go sideways for the rest of his family, especially his dad, who is a perpetual optimist, Alexander starts to see the bright side.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t give any more details of the story or I will give away the big reveal when everyone gets home after a very crazy day. I never expected that!<\/p>\n
\u201cAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day\u201d is based on the very popular, and very brief, 1972 children\u2019s book by Judith Viorst. The filmmakers have extended Alexander\u2019s bad day to the whole family that results in a 90-minute film that is fine for the whole family, though I think that the younger kids might enjoy it more than, say, anyone over twelve.<\/p>\n
I liked the way the kids choose their less-than-perfect, slightly embarrassing family, over friends. Their obvious affection for one another is also refreshing, even when Anthony almost totals the car during his driver\u2019s test that they really should have rescheduled.<\/p>\n
There is some improbable peril in the film that will probably scare parents but make kids either laugh or look on in awe.<\/p>\n
And by the way, the birthday party works out and is one for the record books.<\/p>\n
Since I have never read the book I don\u2019t know how the film compares to it, but Ed Oxenbould does a fine job of playing a wry little kid dealing with a \u201cbad day\u201d in a caring, and unintentionally whacky, family. We all know what it\u2019s like to grow up in a family that is at least a little weird \u2013 and we\u2019ve all had a bad day.<\/p>\n
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