History Film / AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay

* ShallowLoveInterest: Anthony's girlfriend Celia, who gets angry after overhearing Anthony call out Alexander (thinking it's directed at her), and wants a "perfect" prom date. [[spoiler: What takes the cake is when she criticizes the restaurant to Anthony, but then after seeing other friends there, then praises the restaurant to her other friends. He ends up cancelling going to prom with her and even breaks up with her completely.]]

* ShoutOut: Celia's teacher calls Anthony "Disney/WreckItRalph" after he accidentally knocks over the school's trophy cases.

[[caption-width-right:Get ready for the best worst day of your life.]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: Phillip Parker appears to be this, since he apparently decides to have his birthday party earlier, on the same day as Alexander. And he doesn't care about [[ItMakesSenseInContext the difference between Australia and Austria]]. Elliott Gibson also qualifies when he [[{{KickTheDog}} posts pictures of Alexander with boobs.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=/=]JerkJock: Anthony, especially before the bad day. He then switches between being a {{Big Brother Bully}} to a {{Big Brother Instinct}} to Alexander [[spoiler: he even cancels his prom date with his girlfriend Celia in order to stay with his family.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Celia and the driving test supervisor.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Having a [[{{Radar}} GCPTR-happy]] (although not ''that'' much) comedy style akin to the family movies of the early-to-mid 2010s, it's quite hard to believe that it was done by the same studio that years ago vetoed [[Film/BackToTheFuture a certain film]] because of its content.

** Bonus points: The actor playing Alexander is actually Australian, as noted on the trivia page.

* {{Jerkass}}: Phillip Parker appears to be this, since he apparently decides to have his birthday party earlier, on the same day as Alexander. And he doesn't care about [[ItMakesSenseInContext the difference between Australia and Austria]]. Elliott Gibson also qualifies when he [[{{KickTheDog}} posts pictures of Alexander with boobs.]] There's also Anthony's girlfriend, [[{{AlphaBitch}} Celia]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Phillip Parker appears to be this, since he apparently decides to have his birthday party earlier, on the same day as Alexander. And he doesn't care about [[ItMakesSenseInContext the difference between Australia and Austria]]. Elliott Gibson also qualifies when he [[{{KickTheDog}} posts pictures of Alexander with boobs.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Phillip Parker appears to be this, since he apparently decides to have his birthday party earlier, on the same day as Alexander. And he doesn't care about [[ItMakesSenseInContext the difference between Australia and Austria]].

'''''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day''''' is a family comedy film released on October 10, 2014. It was directed by Miguel Arteta from a screenplay written by Rob Lieber. The film stars Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/JenniferGarner, and Ed Oxenbould, and is a AdaptationExpansion of Judith Viorst's 1972 children's book of the same name.

* * IntoxicationEnsues: Emily takes an overdose of the cold syrup medicine, and starts to act drunk when she was doing the Peter Pan play.

* AdaptationExpansion: The film expands the book by focusing not just on Alexander's bad day, but also on his family and the ensuring bad day they have.

* IntoxicationEnsues: Emily takes an overdose of the cold syrup medicine, and starts to act drunk when she was doing the Peter Pan play.

* ShallowLoveInterest: Anthony's girlfriend Celia, who gets angry after overhearing Anthony call out Alexander (thinking it's directed at her), and wants a "perfect" prom date. [[spoiler: What takes the cake is when she criticizes the restaurant to Anthony, but then after seeing other friends there, then praises the restaurant to her other friends. He ends up cancelling going to prom with her and even breaks off with her completely.]]

'''''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day''''' is a 2014 family comedy film released on October 10, 2014. It was directed by Miguel Arteta from a screenplay written by Rob Lieber. The film stars Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/JenniferGarner, and Ed Oxenbould, and is a AdaptationExpansion of Judith Viorst's 1972 children's book of the same name.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The movie seems atypical compared to other Disney family live-action movies.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Phillip gets the chicken pox.

* {{Jerkass}}: Eliot appears to be this, since he apparently decides to have his birthday party earlier, on the same day as Alexander. And he doesn't care about [[ItMakesSenseInContext the difference between Australia and Austria]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Eliot gets the chicken pox.

* ButtMonkey/ TheChewToy: Alexander, clearly, but downplayed later in the movie.

* {{Getting Crap Past the Radar}}: For a family friendly movie, this film seems to get away with a few stuff.

* {{Jerkass}}:

* RunningGag: Alexander's fascination with Australia. It was the same in the book, where Alexander says he wants to move to Australia.

* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkJock: Anthony, especially before the bad day
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He then switches between being a {{Big Brother Bully}} to a {{Big Brother Instinct}} to Alexander [[spoiler: he even cancels his prom date with his girlfriend Celia in order to stay with his family.]]

* BoxingKangaaroo: One of them escapes the yard and Ben tries to catch him. HilarityEnsues.