Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Page #3

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
3,331 Views


- Mr. Rogue?

Yeah, Alexander.

I would like to take Australia.

I know a ton about it.

And I have my own didgeridoo.

Yeah, I'm sure there a lot of students

here who want Australia. Am I right?

So to be fair, this semester...

I'm going to let the globe

decide what country.

We'll start with you, Alexander.

You ready? Here we go.

Australia. Australia. Australia.

What will it be?

Djibouti.

Look at that, the Horn of Africa!

All right, Djibouti!

Dji... what?

Who's gonna be next here?

Philip Parker. Here we go.

Australia.

So, like,

Arnold Schwarzenegger and stuff?

That's Austria, not Australia.

- Can we switch?

- No.

Okay, Albert Morio.

Lebanon. That's good.

Partner up, everybody!

Get your aprons on. Guys.

Becky...

do you want to partner?

Okay. You can take lab notes.

.5 milligrams of boron.

Boron... Boring!

So, Becky, I'm having a

birthday party tomorrow night.

It was only gonna be guys, but I can...

Thanks, but I'm going to Philip

Parker's party tomorrow night.

I think everyone is.

He has a frozen yogurt

machine and a trampoline.

So do we!

We have a frozen yogurt machine

and a trampoline.

- Oh, my God!

- Well, yeah...

My lab book!

Put it out!

Put it out!

Who's responsible for this?

Alexander!

Alexander! Hold up.

Hold up!

I'm leaving for a conference

and nobody signed up

to take Melvin home.

I can't leave him alone all weekend.

So, what do you want me to do?

Well, you'll make

a furry friend a little less lonely.

Unbelievable.

Cool, we're hosting a guinea pig.

All right!

Sorry we're late.

We had a little

diaper trauma at Trader Joe's.

Hello!

- Hi!

- Hi, Mom.

There's my big boy. Hi!

There you are. Hi, big guy.

- What is that?

- Melvin.

We're hosting Melvin this weekend.

Oh, boy.

Alexander, would you grab that

and wash it off, please?

He needs Bumble Bee like he needs air.

I know, honey pie.

And after that, the pig goes upstairs.

- It's okay.

- Bumble Bee's just getting a bath.

It will be right back.

Alexander, we could use Bumble Bee.

Bumble Bee is coming right back,

right back, right back any second.

Dad, don't!

What was that?

Honey, Bumble Bee's gone.

Peter Pan is going to be awesome.

Today, Mr. Brand said that I am the

most poised and elegant Peter Pan...

he's ever had

the privilege of working with.

No way! Wow.

When is that, again? Just remind me.

Mom, hello! It's tomorrow afternoon!

Of course.

Please be on time

and don't be embarrassing.

Best behavior.

Honey, please don't

embarrass our daughter.

- Dad, that includes you.

- I know.

I'll be there, honey, don't worry.

Guess who's getting crowned

Duke at the prom tomorrow.

Really? Congratulations.

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