Author Judith Viorst’s children’s favourite from the 70s provides the title (if little else) for this unremarkable heart-warmer about a dorky preteen who wishes his family could find out what a really rubbish day feels like. Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner are the stay-at-home dad and hard-working mum whose daily routines are shattered, while Alexander’s brother and sister face prom night/opening night catastrophes respectively. Slapstick chuckles are duly delivered, but the edgy spark with which director Miguel Arteta made his name is notable by its absence.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day review – unremarkable heart-warmer
There are slapstick chuckles in this adaptation of Judith Viorst’s popular children’s story, but little spark
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