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Saturday, March 22 2025

A new movie about a Mexican American family going on a road trip is coming to Disney+ soon.

'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip' — A Cross-Cultural Family Movie
(L-R) Jesse Garcia as Frank Garcia, Thom Nemer as Alexander Garcia, Eva Longoria as Val Garcia, Paulina Chavez as Mia Garcia and Rose Portillo as Lidia in Disney’s ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD ROAD TRIP. Photo by Anna Kooris. © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

In “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip,” Alexander Garcia (Thom Nemer) has always believed he has the worst luck in the world, so when his mom Val (Eva Longoria) devises a plan to bring her seemingly disconnected family on a fancy vacation to Mexico City aboard a luxury RV as part of her travel writing job, he’s sure it will end in disaster.

Despite Alexander’s fears, the family — including dad Frank (Jesse Garcia), teen sister Mia (Paulina Chávez), Grandma Lidia (Rose Portillo) and Grandpa Gil (Cheech Marin) — set out, only to find absolutely everything is going chaotically, hilariously wrong.

When they discover an ancient, cursed idol, the family is put to the test until they resolve to return the idol to its rightful home.

The film is directed by Marvin Lemus and written by Matt Lopez, based on the book “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” by Judith Viorst.

“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip” debuts on Disney+ on March 28.

Check out the trailer below.

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John Liang is an Adult Third Culture Kid who grew up in Guatemala, Costa Rica, the United States, Morocco and Egypt before graduating high school. He has a bachelor's degree in languages from Georgetown University and a master's in International Policy Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Liang has covered the U.S. military for two decades as a writer and editor for InsideDefense.com, and is also editor-in-chief of Culturs Magazine. He lives in Arlington, Va., U.S.A.

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