Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (film)Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a 2. American family film directed by Miguel Arteta from a screenplay written by Rob Lieber. The film stars Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, and Ed Oxenbould, and is loosely based on Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz's 1. Co- produced by Shawn Levy and Lisa Henson for Walt Disney Pictures through their respective production companies, 2. Laps Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company, the film was released in North America on October 1.

The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was a success at the box office, grossing $1. Sold Full Movie Part 1. The film follows the exploits of Alexander Cooper (Ed Oxenbould), an ordinary 1. He is left out by his family; his older brother, Anthony (Dylan Minnette), his older sister, Emily (Kerris Dorsey), his mother, Kelly (Jennifer Garner), his father, Ben (Steve Carell), and his baby brother, Trevor (Elise/Zoey Vargas), living in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of California.

Anthony is trying to earn his driver's license so he can drive his girlfriend, Celia to the prom, Emily is rehearsing for the title role in her school play, Kelly is working for a publication company that is publishing a new children's book which will promote her to vice president of the company, and Ben, who has been unemployed for seven months, has landed a job interview as a game designer for a video game company. That same morning, Alexander attends school where he experiences another series of mishaps, such as accidentally setting fire to his crush, Becky Gibson's, notebook as well as finding out that his friends, including Becky, and even his best friend, Paul, will all be attending the birthday party of Philip Parker (Lincoln Melcher) instead of his, due to Philip's expensive party entertainment and popularity. That night, Alexander puts a candle on a cupcake and wishes that everyone in his family would through what he is going through. The next morning, Alexander wakes up to find his family in disarray and chaos erupts; his parents have overslept, Emily has a cold, and Anthony has found out that he and Celia broke up. The battery in Kelly's car is dead, and Ben has to take Trevor with him to the interview after dropping Kelly off at work. At school, Paul gives Alexander good news: Philip's birthday party is canceled, so the kids including Becky and Paul who were originally going to attend Philip's party will attend Alexander's party instead, much to Alexander's delight.

Alexander calls his father, asking him to plan a party for him. Kelly is informed of an embarrassing typo in the book they are publicizing ("dump" instead of "jump") and needs to stop Dick Van Dyke from reading it at a public reading later. Ben takes Trevor along to the office interview and meets Greg (Donald Glover) who seems impressed at his credentials, although they decide to hold another meeting after Trevor ingests a highlighter.

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Meanwhile, at school, Anthony finds out that Celia has gotten back together with him. Feeling excited about what happened, Anthony accidentally causes two trophy display cases to fall and smash, which leads to him getting suspended. Kelly manages to arrive at Dick Van Dyke's reading, but she is too late in trying to warn him about the book's typo. He reads it with the inappropriate material, humiliating himself and scaring the kids and almost getting Kelly arrested.

Meanwhile, Ben purchases cough syrup for Emily's symptoms and takes Anthony to the Department of Motor Vehicles, where his driving examiner intentionally distracts him by convincing him to pick up his cell phone, causing him to destroy several parking meters and damage the family minivan, and ultimately fail his driving exam. They all go to Emily's play, which is inadvertently sabotaged by her impaired behavior due to her getting excessively drunk after overdosing on the cough syrup. Afterwards, the game design firm calls Ben and asks him to meet them at Nagamaki, a Japanese hibachi restaurant, for another meeting. The family, joined by Celia, goes to the restaurant in their badly damaged minivan, where Ben accidentally sets his shirt on fire at the grill, embarrassing him to the employers. The whole family consoles him, admitting that they will overcome whatever else the day has in store for them.

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Alexander states, "You just gotta have the bad days so you can love the good days even more", and Anthony suddenly decides not to go to the prom with Celia, stating that his family is more important, and they break up completely. The family returns home and discovers that Ben had hired a rental animal service to recreate an Australian petting zoo for Alexander's birthday party. A crocodile and kangaroo, however, have escaped from their cage.

They then decide to pitch in to try and salvage the day by helping host it. Ben and Kelly receive good news: he got hired for the game design job, and she has been informed that the celebrity reading went viral and has created publicity for the book. Reunited, Ben then brings out the cake, with Alexander wishing for more days like the one they shared together. Ed Oxenbould as Alexander Cooper[5]Steve Carell as Benjamin "Ben" Cooper, Alexander's father[6]Jennifer Garner as Kelly Cooper, Alexander's mother[6]Dylan Minnette as Anthony Cooper, Alexander's older brother[1]Kerris Dorsey as Emily Cooper, Alexander's older sister[1]Elise/Zoey Vargas as Trevor Cooper, Alexander's baby brother.

Bella Thorne as Celia, Anthony's girlfriend[6]Sidney Fullmer as Rebecca "Becky" Gibson, Alexander's crush. Megan Mullally as Nina, Kelly's boss[7]Toni Trucks as Steph. Donald Glover as Greg[8]Joel Johnstone as Logan[5]Jennifer Coolidge as Ms. Joan Suggs, Anthony's driving instructor[7]Samantha Logan as Heather[8]Dick Van Dyke as Himself. Thunder From Down Under as Themselves. Mekai Curtis as Paul, Alexander's best friend.

Lincoln Melcher as Phillip Parker. Mary Mouser as Audrey Gibson. Reese Hartwig as Elliott Gibson. Martha Hackett as Mrs. Julie Gibson. Burn Gorman as Mr. Marc Brand. Eric Edelstein as Mr. Steven Tonucci. Production[edit]In 2.

Century Fox had plans to make a live- action film adaptation of the book.[9] Written by Rob Lieber, the film was set to be directed by Lisa Cholodenko (who also made an earlier draft of the screenplay), and produced by Shawn Levy with Dan Levine for Levy's 2. Watch The Perfect Husband Mediafire there. Laps and Lisa Henson from The Jim Henson Company. Steve Carell joined in April 2. Ben, Alexander's father.[1. In October 2. 01. Walt Disney Pictures,[1.

Fox was reportedly "uncomfortable with the budget."[1. By February 2. 01.

Cholodenko had left the project,[1. Miguel Arteta was in talks with Disney to replace Cholodenko.[1. In April 2. 01. 3, Jennifer Garner was in talks to play Alexander's mother.[1. In June 2. 01. 3, Disney set the release date for October 1. Carell and Garner were cast as Alexander's parents.[1.

The same month, Disney announced the casting of Ed Oxenbould as Alexander.[1. In July 2. 01. 3, Bella Thorne was cast in the film as Alexander's older brother's girlfriend.[1. Joel Johnstone,[5]Megan Mullally and Jennifer Coolidge joined the cast a month later.[7]Principal photography began on August 1. The film was entirely shot in the Los Angeles area, including the cities of Pasadena and Arcadia, the San Fernando Valley, and Melody Ranch in Newhall.[7] Filming lasted through October 2. Release[edit]The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on October 6, 2.