--- description: The worst day of your life apparently includes car crashes, fires, alligators and kangaroos title: Watch the 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day' Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch The _Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day_ Trailer  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent May 8, 2014 8:32 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent May 8, 2014 8:32 PM CUT The classic children’s book _Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day_ is getting the Hollywood treatment. And based on the new trailer, it looks like the moviemakers were very liberal with the original storyline. One of Alexander’s brothers has become a sister, and instead of just Alexander having a bad day, the whole family seems to be having a rough time. But Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner are in the cast, and Donald Glover even makes an appearance. So this may not end up being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad movie after all. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/92987/alexander-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/92987/alexander-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch The Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Trailer","datePublished":"2014-05-08T20:32:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:44:25.947Z","description":"The worst day of your life apparently includes car crashes, fires, alligators and kangaroos","url":"https://time.com/92987/alexander-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day-trailer/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/92987/alexander-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day-trailer/","name":"Watch The Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Trailer"}}]}] ```