Review of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) by Akshay H — 20 May 2015
The average, mediocre, not special, very bland film.
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].
This review of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) was written by Akshay H on 20 May 2015.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day has generally received mixed reviews.
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