Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

He calls Ben, and asks him to plan a party for him. At school, Paul gives Alexander good news: Phillip's birthday party was canceled, as he has the chicken pox, so the kids (including Becky and Paul) that were originally going to attend it will attend Alexander's instead, much to his delight. The battery in Kelly's car is dead, and Ben has to take Trevor with him to the interview after dropping Kelly off at work. The next morning, Alexander wakes up to find his family in disarray and chaos erupts Ben and Kelly have overslept, Emily has a cold, and Anthony has found out that Celia broke up with him.

That night, he makes himself a birthday sundae and wishes that everyone in his family would experience what he is going through. That same morning, Alexander attends school where he experiences another series of mishaps, such as accidentally setting his crush Becky Gibson's (Sidney Fullmer) notebook on fire as well as finding out that his friends, including her, and even his best friend, Paul, will all be attending Phillip Parker's (Lincoln Melcher) birthday party instead of his own, due to Phillip's expensive party entertainment and popularity. The film follows the exploits of Alexander Cooper ( Ed Oxenbould), an ordinary 11-year-old boy, and his 'terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.' He is left out by his family his mother, Kelly ( Jennifer Garner), his father, Ben ( Steve Carell), his older brother, Anthony ( Dylan Minnette), his older sister, Emily ( Kerris Dorsey), and his baby brother, Trevor (Elise/Zoey Vargas), living in Los Angeles, California.Īnthony is trying to earn his driver's license so he can drive his bitter girlfriend, Celia Rodriguez, to the prom Emily is rehearsing for the title role in her school play Kelly is working for a publication company that is publishing a new children's book which will promote her to vice president and Ben, who has been unemployed for seven months, has landed a job interview as a game designer for a video game company.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst