Saturday, 25 July 2015

Kids crap

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)

Directed by Miguel Arteta this film based on the novel of the same name stars Ed Oxenbould. Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner. A 12 year old boy feels like his more successful family members do not understand him so accidentally uses his birthday wish to give them all a bad day.

Children's films do not have to be simplistic and shovel mind numbing messages down your throat but this one does. “Everything is better when family is there” is neither always true nor really helpful to a lot of kids suffering from serious problem but that is all that is on offer here. There is a good supporting cast but most have little to do in their roles.


2/5

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