Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Well I only watched this movie because Steve Carell was in it and so I thought it might be funny. But then again it's a family movie and it's from Disney. So I had my doubts. And my doubts came true, it's not a funny movie. I didn't laugh once. Not once in the entire movie, and let's be honest, that's not a good sign when it is supposed to be a comedy. I guess if I was 8 years old I might have liked it then, but I'm not. If you have kids and want them to shut up for a couple hours I guess you can plant them in front of the television with this movie. They might like it. But don't bother watching it with them because it's not worth it. Enjoy your free kid time with something else you like to do.

I'm giving this movie 5 stars because it was never for me, it was for the kids. And they enjoyed it I think.Here's the deal, this movie is pretty forgettable. It's not as terrible as several other viewers have said, but it's not a masterpiece. They don't make good kids' movies like they used to when we were young, so it's unfair to compare these that way.My main complaints with this movie are realistic issues. Like, how on Earth can they fit so many activities into the day after school gets out? (Going to the store which we find out later took nearly an hour, the DMV, the dry cleaners, a school play, picking up a girl to take to prom, dinner at a fancy restaurant, and a birthday party)....all before the sun goes down. Maybe doable if that school play is at like 4pm, but what school would do that knowing so many parents work? Also, how did the mom meet up with the family so flawlessly if she was borrowing someone's bike an hour ago? Did the woman get her bike back? And seriously, she was about to lose her job over the book misprint, and she just poof, decided to skip the rest of work to be with the family. Yeah, that'll go over real well in real life. And if you destroy all the parking meters and cause all that commotion during your driving test, I'm quite sure there'd be a whole police investigation, granted not entertainment, but clearly extending the day even further. Also, they have time to stop and get big brother's tux, but not time to swing by the house and get dad a suitable shirt for his interview? I'm not buying it.Glad the kids had a chuckle or two. But overall, the movie tries to do too much in a short amount of time, which leaves half of the cast/plot very poorly developed. There's a scene where big bro gets suspended from school, but apparently is still allowed to go to prom that night. I could go on, but it's just not that serious.

This film tells the story of a boy who is having a very bad day at the last day of being eleven. He makes a dark wish but unfortunately it comes true, making his family's day very terrible.Despite the clumsy title and the obvious teenage target audience, I was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" is. Despite the family members having a terrible day, the film still breathes of positive energy, and not appear pessimistic or negative. In fact, the mishaps are quite funny and harmlessly innocent. I did wonder how the film could end on a high, given it's a Disney film, but the terribly horrible day ends at the right note. I enjoyed it, even though I'm not the target audience.

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]