2014 · family · comedy
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Directed by Miguel Arteta1h 21m2014
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Our read: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded family · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle family / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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