![]() Another advantage this film has over the Wimpy Kid series is that the young cast has help from some of Hollywood's elite, as co-stars include Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner. Possibly playing on real life experience, he rivals Alex Gordon with a performance that was not only believable, but it was also very funny. Oxenbould looks and sounds kind of awkward, after all it is a strange age, but watching him gave the feeling that he's not all that unfamiliar with being unpopular. ![]() ![]() Ed Oxenbould stars as Alexander and fits the role like a glove. This isn't the typical PG family comedy you see from Disney, as it was quite raunchy for them and really pushes the boundary of that PG rating. After receiving no sympathy from his family, Alexander wishes that they all had their own bad day, and the results were hilarious. Alexander's bad day focuses on a young man whose birthday coincides with his first day of middle school, which doesn't go so well. In any case, after the release of the Wimpy Kid series, we saw a lot of these family comedies, centering on the not so popular kids, and as expected, most of them were awful, with one notable exception. ![]() Maybe it's because we tend to compare it to the original or maybe it's because the scripts are rushed and just aren't that good. Shortly following the films release, a number of copycats emerge and to be honest most of them are terrible. When something fresh and successful comes along, everyone wants a piece of it. ![]()
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