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

I remember reading this book as a kid. I never dreamed it would get a movie adaption. For the family-kids-PG-comedy to work, it needs to be enjoyable, memorable, and funny. Or at least the first two. After seeing the awful reviews, I assumed enjoyable, but stupid, cheesy, and clichéd. But, there were wrong. This is part of the underrated films of 2014. Alexander is enjoyable, memorable and funny. And it's that one movie that's less than 90 minutes. Normally, I find kid's characters annoying and dumb. But, every single character is fantastic. Well, except Alexander. He's annoying and dumb. But, I loved everyone else. Steve Carell was awesome as usual, Jennifer Garner does well as the mom, the siblings are interesting, and it didn't hurt to throw in the baby. The movie is extremely entertaining, especially with such a wild premise. And it even makes you laugh here and there. A successful, surprising, adaptation that maybe even deserves- a sequel?
Movie Rating: B+