Eleven-year-old Alexander and his family embark on a dream Spring Break vacation to Mexico City only to have all their plans go terribly wrong when they discover a cursed idol.
Acting
Cheech Marin steals every scene as the chaos-enabling grandpa.
Production
Mexico City locations give this remake authentic soul the 2014 version lacked.
Costume
The cursed idol's design is genuinely creepy-cute perfection.
Director
Marvin Lemus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This marks the first Alexander adaptation centered on a Mexican-American family, with director Marvin Lemus bringing authentic regional specificity that the 2014 Steve Carell version completely lacked.
The original 1972 book by Judith Viorst never specified Alexander's ethnicity — this casting finally corrects decades of white-default adaptation choices.
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