Best movie of this year hands down!

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

A Masterpiece!

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

When something fresh and successful comes along, everyone wants a piece of it. Shortly following the films release, a number of copycats emerge and to be honest most of them are terrible. Maybe it's because we tend to compare it to the original or maybe it's because the scripts are rushed and just aren't that good. In any case, after the release of the Wimpy Kid series, we saw a lot of these family comedies, centering on the not so popular kids, and as expected, most of them were awful, with one notable exception. Alexander's bad day focuses on a young man whose birthday coincides with his first day of middle school, which doesn't go so well. After receiving no sympathy from his family, Alexander wishes that they all had their own bad day, and the results were hilarious. This isn't the typical PG family comedy you see from Disney, as it was quite raunchy for them and really pushes the boundary of that PG rating. Ed Oxenbould stars as Alexander and fits the role like a glove. Oxenbould looks and sounds kind of awkward, after all it is a strange age, but watching him gave the feeling that he's not all that unfamiliar with being unpopular. Possibly playing on real life experience, he rivals Alex Gordon with a performance that was not only believable, but it was also very funny. Another advantage this film has over the Wimpy Kid series is that the young cast has help from some of Hollywood's elite, as co-stars include Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner. The pair give a lot of support and the producers use them to break-up the middle school monotony that would has surely ensued. While not my usual genre, I loved the Wimpy kid series, but Alexander's bad day is more than an adequate alternative for those who are looking for something a little bit different.

This movie really is family friendly cute fun. Jennifer garner and Steve carrell really make this movie great, well not just their performances make it great, but they are great contributions. The kid actors do well, especially Alexander. The script is pretty well written actually, funny, and clever as well. Jennifer garner really has some very funny lines. This movie has menu funny and amusing events that occur throughout the whole hour and fifteen minute long movie. Now the movie isn't always 100% on the comedy, but it comes pretty close. This movie also has a good many heart warming moments, which gives the actors a good chance to show off their acting abilities. There is a really good message that this film sends the audience's way. I give Alexander and the bad day..... A 7/10.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014): Dir: Miguel Arteta / Cast: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould, Dylan Minnette, Kerris Dorsey: Idiotic family film about the trials of daily family living, and the reality that as bad as one's day is going, others are likely struggling as well. Steve Carell plays out of work stay at home dad who applies for a video game programming job. Jennifer Garner as his wife is about to release a book that has a typo that affects reactions when Dick Van Dyke is set to read it for the public. Dylan Minnette is oldest kid who fails his driving test, and is dating the biggest stuck up snot of the year. Kerris Dorsey plays middle child who is up for playing Peter Pan in the school play but comes down with allergies. Finally we have the Australia loving Ed Oxenbould as Alexander whose life is constantly in shambles until he makes a late night birthday wish that results in everyone else having a shitty day. Director Miguel Arteta previously made a much better comedy called Youth in Revolt. This film is pure garbage with your standard over the top family idiocy. For something aimed at families, it sure features a lot of naked baby ass. We also get Garner verbalizing the word "penis" just to educate kids early. Finally, we have a poorly effected runaway kangaroo that is about as fake as a stuffed toy. The cast struggle to make these annoying characters likable and fail miserably with each reeking scene. The message regards a functioning family unit. The result is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad film. Score: 3 / 10

The only other film I have seen with such a weirdly long name is the Kubrik's Dr. Strangelove. While Dr. Strangelove was a memorable classic, this one is totally forgettable. Its not a very bad film, it has its funny entertaining moments. But it totally suffers with weak characters, bland predictable story and so-so acting which is common with the Comedy genre in Hollywood nowadays. Alexander, a 12 year old boy always seems to have his luck bad and bad days never leave him. While, everyone around him seems to be having a perfect life. On his birthday, he wishes that his family also gets to experience how horrible a day can be. We all know, how the movie is going to end , the only thing we want to see what kind of laugh it offers. Frankly, the humor was more of silly than funny. Lot of juvenile humor, yet there is also quite a bit of crude humor which I suggest is not for kids. The characters are quite shallow plus annoyingly clichéd and stupid. Even Steve Carell could not uplift the terrible script. I saw this film on an extremely boring afternoon, so maybe that's why I had a few laughs. Apart from that, this just an average, mediocre,not special, very bland film.RATING: [2/5]