The Media Preview of “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” was held a few days ago at the Magical Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. I took the grand kids and arrived to see the Marquee at the Snow White Theatre taken over by Frozen. As much as I LOVE Frozen I am not sure I was happy with this site as it is the one and only Snow White Theatre! We found our seats along with the rest of the media, secure the drinks and opened our popcorn ready for the movie to start.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day starts off with the scene where the family is driving back home in their demolished van and looking like they have just had the worst day ever. The scene then shifts to the previous day, the eve of Alexander’s 12 birthday.
Alexander wakes up to start his day with gum stuck in his hair and a school rival throwing a party the same night as Alexander’s. From there his day goes from bad to worse, trying to impress his secret crush – Becky (Sidney Fullmer) results in a small fire in the science lab at school, pictures of Alexander’s face superimposed on a girl’s body goes viral on the social pages. At home that night, Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) can’t make his perfect family understand his bad day as Dad Ben (played by Steve Carell), Mom Kelly (Jennifer Garner) and siblings Anthony (Dylan Minnette), Emily (Kerris Dorsey) and Baby Trevor (Elise & Zoey Vargas) all share the wonderful and exciting news of their day. Dad has an interview the next day at a video game company, Mom is promoting a new book for her agency, Emily is playing Peter Pan in the school play and Anthony and his girlfriend, Celia (Bella Thorne) are planning their prom.
Frustrated about the difference in his day and this family’s Alexander makes himself a birthday sundae at midnight and makes a wish asking that his family experience a bad day just like the ones he has.
The next day, Alexander wakes up to see his family go through one catastrophe after another. From Dad’s interview gone wrong to Baby Trevor’s adventures with a green marker to Mom’s mad dash through town on a bicycle due to car troubles, the Coopers are getting a taste of what a very bad day can really mean. As for the siblings, Anthony’s girl friend, Celia is giving him attitude about the prom and a mistake with his tux as well as a hilarious adventure during his driving test to get his license are ruining Anthony’s day. While Emily has woken up with a cold and after taking too much cough medicine, has serious mishaps during the school play, giving us some of the best parts of the movie.
Alexander for once is having a good day but suffering from the realization that his birthday wish may have been the reason his family is cursed. The disasterous day ends with the family coming home to Alexander’s birthday party in the back yard – an Australian themed birthday complete with a petting zoo and G-rated cowboys from Thunder down under and the realization that no matter how bad your day is, sticking together as a family can make everything better.
Based on the book by Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is released in theatres this Friday, October 10, 2014. Do not miss this funny and heartwarming family movie with a great soundtrack that will have you smiling and humming all the way home.
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