One Of Them Days (15)
Cast: Maude Apatow, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Katt Williams, Lil Rey Howery, Keke Palmer, SZAGenre: Comedy
Author(s): Syreeta Singleton
Director: Lawrence Lamont
Release Date: 07/03/2025
Running Time: 97mins
Country: US
Year: 2025
Hard-working waitress Dreux shares the monthly rent of $1,500 with struggling artist Alyssa and her boyfriend Keshawn. Their no-nonsense landlord, Uche, informs them that the rent hasn't been paid and they will be forcibly removed if funds aren't forthcoming by 6pm. It transpires that Keshawn has absconded with the cash and the two women are on the clock to raise the missing money. A blood donation centres offers one potential way to recoup stolen dollars.
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One Of Them Days (15) Film Review from LondonNet
If life was always fair, mithering and moaning would be lost forever from the rich tapestry of British and Irish culture. Those fleeting moments of misfortune and misery remind us to be present, show gratitude and demonstrate sympathy when someone else experiences “one of them days”. Two Los Angeles roommates are repeatedly dealt losing hands in a raucous and foul-mouthed comedy directed by Lawrence Lamont, which follows the resourceful pair over an unpredictable day as they face eviction from a crumbling apartment complex…
Screenwriter Syreeta Singleton gift-wraps filthy-minded one-liners for lead duo Keke Palmer and SZA, such as when the latter colourfully describes the impressive endowment of her no-good boyfriend (“He can make it wave at me!”) The film stages an amusingly overblown sequence inside the office of a payday lender, which offers cash with an eye-watering 1,900% APR under the threatening advertising slogan, “We gotcha and we’ll getcha!” Wackier diversions strain credibility. The characters’ impromptu visit to a blood bank casually ignores life-threatening consequences in search of a ghoulish giggle that never materialises. Palmer and SZA’s sparkling rapport energises these instances when tumbleweave skitters across the screen.
Dreux (Palmer) works long hours in Norm’s 24-hour diner, where she treats customers like family. She has an important interview at 4pm to be appointed franchise manager, which would mean more responsibility and money. A few hours of precious sleep before the interview are interrupted by officious and unsympathetic landlord Uche (Rizi Timane) banging on the front door, angrily demanding the monthly rent of 1,500 US dollars which Dreux splits with aspiring artist roommate Alyssa (SZA).
It transpires that Alyssa’s boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua Neal) has absconded with the cash and if the money owed is not forthcoming by 6pm, the two women will be forcibly removed from their home and deposited on the kerb with their worldly possessions. With nine hours until the deadline, an infuriated Dreux and Alyssa hunt down Keshawn, who has a new woman (Aziza Scott) to pander to his needs. Alas, he has invested the cash in a get-poor-quick scheme so the desperate roommates conceive ingenious ways to raise a four-figure sum before the sun sets, leading to run-ins with a neighbourhood thug (Amin Joseph), a vintage basketball footwear collector (Lil Rel Howery) and a hunky ex-con with the curious nickname of Maniac (Patrick Cage).
One Of Them Days harnesses the same freewheeling energy as the glorious 2017 comedy Girls Trip with a similar emphasis on the power of sisterly solidarity but markedly fewer laughs. Palmer and SZA’s sparky double act is a source of wisecracking delight and heartwarming sentiment. Singleton’s script performs screeching U-turns to propel the lead duo towards a feelgood resolution with minimal dramatic outlay. It’s one of them films.
– Jo Planter
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