Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Page #2

Synopsis: For 12 year old Alexander Cooper, everyday is a bad day. And his family thinks he's being silly because they never have a bad day. On the day before his 12th birthday party, he learns that another boy is having a party of his own and everyone is going to it. And another kid punks him online. So at midnight of his birthday, he wishes that his whole family can have a bad day. And things for the whole family go bad, his mom's car is broken so they have to share a car, his sister has a cold and has to go on stage, his older brother, who's hoping to get his driver's license and to bring his girlfriend to the prom, has to deal with his girlfriend's snootiness and fails to get his license, his mom has a crisis at work which could cost her her job, and his dad who has a job interview has to bring his younger brother with him but because his pacifier is broken he can't stop crying. Alex feels responsible.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): Miguel Arteta
Production: Walt Disney Pictures
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
PG
Year:
2014
81 min
$56,752,482
Website
3,309 Views


- Actually, it might just be you.

- What?

You've gotta come.

You're my best friend.

Okay, but personally,

I think you should just postpone.

Philip's popular

and everybody's gonna be there.

Plus, his party sounds pretty dope.

Dude, last year

your dad tap-danced with a cane.

Another bad party could

ruin your rep forever.

Your dad's a nice guy, but trust me...

you do not want

your entire social life in his hands.

Great job!

Yeah!

Breathe. You gave birth.

You can do this.

Two. One.

Take your baby back to the womb.

They love it there.

I think that it's so cool when a guy can

step up to be a full-time fommy.

A what?

A father-mommy.

Okay.

Yeah, I guess I'm sort of a fommy

by default.

I was in aerospace,

and I got transitioned out of my job.

I'm sorry.

No, that's okay.

I get to spend more time

with this little guy.

Excuse me.

Hello?

Yes, this is Ben Cooper.

Tomorrow?

Yes, that's good.

Okay, I'll see you then.

I look forward to it, Greg. Bye-bye.

Good news?

Yeah! I landed an interview.

That's great.

What do you think of that?

What do you think of that?

Fommy just landed an interview.

Fommy.

Did you hear him say that?

Yes!

He just said Fommy!

You just said my name!

Guys, he just said Fommy.

Did you hear him say Fommy?

I'm Fommy. Fommy!

That was so cool.

- It's so adorable!

- I am Fommy, and he said it.

So, with our celebrity readings,

our great grassroots

marketing campaign...

Thank you, Julie...

and the positive reviews

we have coming in...

we are poised for

a really strong roll-out.

Tomorrow, we are

going to ask America...

"Who is ready to jump on the potty?"

And I'm confident our sales are going

to leap over expectations.

I know I would have

appreciated this book

when I was potty-training my kids!

That's Alexander, my son.

Thank you, guys!

Thank you for all

your support with this.

Oh, man.

I hope that was

thorough enough for you, Nina.

Well, I'm going to need you to make

an incredible effort

on "the Potty" tomorrow.

On "the Potty."

- What?

- You can count on me.

Good. Because if this goes well,

I'm going to make you VP.

Really?

Have you run

Children's Lit and Young Adult.

Thank you!

Thank you.

I'm going to need you

every second of every

minute of every day.

- Got it.

- 24/7, 365.

That's a lot of numbers.

Is that a joke?

I have four kids that I'll just have

to carve out a little time to see.

Right, right, of course.

Of course you will.

Isn't that one of your darling

little babies right there?

Yeah, it is.

So you're seeing him right now.

All right, country reports.

As you all know,

this is your big project this semester.

- So, what I think...

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