Adaptational Jerkass: Phillip Parker and Elliott Gibson haven't done anything wrong in the books.Adaptation Expansion: The film expands the book by focusing not just on Alexander's bad day, but also on his family and the ensuing bad day they have.Adapted Out: Alexander's other older brother Nick is omitted from the movie, which gives his role to Anthony instead.Achievements in Ignorance: The horrible day does have a few upsides the misprint in Kelly's book and faulty reading causes the incident to go viral, resulting in a lot of free publicity, while Ben's disastrous interview actually impresses the executives, getting him hired.This leads to Dick Van Dyke doing a celebrity reading at the launch where he tells the children to 'dump like a dog'. A printing error changes every instance of the word 'jump' to 'dump'. Acquired Error at the Printer: Kelly Cooper is launching a kids book called Jump on the Potty.After ending up making a birthday sundae for himself, he wishes his family could experience the same sort of disappointment he goes through. The film stars Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, and Ed Oxenbould, and is an Adaptation Expansion of Judith Viorst's 1972 children's book of the same name.Īlexander Cooper spends a day (revealed to be his birthday no less) miserable as the rest of the family are reveling too much in their success to notice his rotten day. It was directed by Miguel Arteta from a screenplay written by Rob Lieber.

Get ready for the best worst day of your life.Īlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a family comedy film released on October 10, 2014.

Alexander's horrible bad day