This retelling of the classic children's picture book of the same name starts off pretty "paint by numbers irritating kid's movie" but give it a chance because as the family's bad day escalates so do the laughs. By the end things are pretty surreal but hilarious and we were glad we persevered through the beginning. And I really, really want a copy of Dick Van Dyke's book! Nope, I'm not giving away the spoiler to that hint, you will have to find that comedy gold yourself.
Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner convincingly play 40 something parents struggling to balance mid life crisis', work and a bunch of school age kids and the kid actors are great too but Alexander's lisp is somewhat distracting (sorry kid!) rather than endearing.
Rating: We've never read the picture book so we enjoyed the movie for what it was. We'll watch it again sometime in the future but likely to YouTube our favourite scenes more often.
Naughty bits: Alexander and the ... is suitable for above 5yrs or so. There are lots of slapstick moments where characters appear to be injured (and would definitely be in real life) but no one is hurt so it's OK! A little mild potty humour here and there spice things up a bit but overall a pretty clean family movie. However nothing remains literally clean in this universe for long...Snacks: Go out for Japanese BBQ together then come home and watch the movie.
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The Book which inspired the movie
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