A Happening of Monumental Proportions (known as A Very Bad Day in some countries) is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Judy Greer in her directorial debut and produced by Chris and Paul Weitz. It stars Allison Janney and Common.[1][2] The film was released on September 21, 2018 by Great Point Media.
| A Happening of Monumental Proportions | |
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| Directed by | Judy Greer |
| Written by | Gary Lundy |
| Produced by | David Gardner Stephanie Meurer Andrew Miano Chris Weitz Paul Weitz |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Alison Kelly |
| Edited by | Suzanne Spangler |
| Music by | Alec Puro |
Production companies | Albyn Media Depth of Field |
| Distributed by | Great Point Media |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editDaniel, an account manager (Common) is having a bad day. Gearing up for Career Day at his daughter's elementary school, the new boss fires him when his affair with his married assistant (Jennifer Garner) is revealed.
Lonely Darius, Daniel's boss's (Bradley Whitford) son, finds himself instantly entranced by Patricia, Daniel's daughter (Storm Reid), and seeks advice from their school's shop (John Cho) and music teachers (Anders Holm) on how to win her heart.
Meanwhile, the principal and vice-principal (Allison Janney and Rob Riggle) spend the day trying to hide the school's dead gardener from the faculty and staff, as well as the students and their parents.
The day culminates with the Career Day activity. Both Daniel and his former boss turn up. They begin to have an altercation they decide to take outside.
At the same time Mr. McRow, and then Darius, wander up on the roof to ponder life. They share feelings about Darius' loneliness and Christian's failure in music. But they connect while watching the fight between Daniel and Mr. Schneedy. As they are about to go down, Christian falls off the roof and onto the manure pile below, uninjured.
In the end, Darius tells his father he's tired of moving, Patricia's dad meets the husband of his former lover, getting closure, and the coroner finally takes away the dead gardener.
Cast
edit- Allison Janney[3] as Principal Nichols
- Katie Holmes as Paramedic #1
- Jennifer Garner[4] as Nadine, Daniel’s assistant and Bob’s wife
- Bradley Whitford as Arthur Schneedy, Daniel’s boss
- John Cho[3] as Mr. Ramirez, a teacher
- Common[5] as Daniel Crawford, Patricia’s father
- Anders Holm as Christian McRow
- Storm Reid as Patricia Crawford, Daniel’s daughter
- Rob Riggle as Vice Principal Ned Pendlehorn
- Nat Faxon as Paramedic #2
- Kumail Nanjiani as HR Rep Perry
- Keanu Reeves as Bob
- Jessica Mikayla Adams as Jamie
Reception
editOn review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 29% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 3.87/10.[6] Metacritic reports a score of 35/100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[7]
References
edit- ^ Kit, Borys (10 November 2015). "Judy Greer to Make Directorial Debut With Dramedy Starring Common". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Miskell, Kyle (10 November 2015). "Judy Greer to Make Her Directorial Debut with 'A Happening of Monumental Proportions'". Collider. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ a b Picurro, Allison (2 May 2017). "'A Happening of Monumental Proportions' Clip: Judy Greer's Directorial Debut Features Every Actor on Planet Earth — Watch". IndieWire. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Saval, Malina (5 May 2017). "Judy Greer Talks Directing for the First Time and How to Find a Story to Tell". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (8 April 2016). "Anders Holm Joins Judy Greer's 'A Happening of Monumental Proportions' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ^ "A Happening of Monumental Proportions Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
External links
edit- A Happening of Monumental Proportions at IMDb
- A Happening of Monumental Proportions at Rotten Tomatoes
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