{"id":30449,"date":"2025-01-16T15:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=30449"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:01:43","slug":"one-of-them-days-has-a-few-laughs-but-isnt-as-frantic-as-hoped-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=30449","title":{"rendered":"ONE OF THEM DAYS Has a Few Laughs, But Isn\u2019t as Frantic as Hoped For"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/24_0006_C+-merged.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7079\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running Time: 97 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This feature from Sony Pictures arrives exclusively at theaters on January 17<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the new year arriving, there is a wide array of\nentertainment options coming your way. Many are serious dramas, and those\nlooking for some laughs may be tempted to check out <em>One of Them Days<\/em>,\nbut this comedy is a bit of a hodgepodge that never quite finds its footing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/One-of-Them-Days-04-fixed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30450\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dreux (Keke Palmer) is a waitress at Church\u2019s Texas Chicken\nwho dreams of opening her own restaurant. After years of toiling there, she is\nfinally granted an opportunity to talk business with company executives. Her\nbest friend and roommate Alyssa (SZA) is a talented but easily distracted\npainter who has been allowing her well-endowed boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua David\nNeal) live with them. One morning, complex owner Uche (Rizi Timane) shows up at\ntheir apartment door, demanding the rent. They learn that Keshawn has taken all\ntheir money and that they will be out on the street by 6 pm if they don\u2019t come\nup with $1500 dollars. They race around town, trying to find a way to earn\nenough quick cash to save themselves, but end up in more and more trouble as\nthe day passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept is certainly enough to provide plenty of\nopportunities for humor and a few odd scenarios do elicit a laugh or two. Some\nof the side hustles of neighbors in the leads\u2019 complex earn chuckles. When\nDreux and Alyssa hunt down Keshawn and come face to face with the\ntough-as-nails Berniece (Aziza Scott), it results in a few entertaining moments\n(as well as one enjoyably weird ice-cream visual). Shayla doesn\u2019t go away\neither, resulting in a wince-inducing trip to a fast-food drive-through. Lucky\n(Katt Williams), an oddball who begs the ladies to reconsider entering a loan\nagency, is also engaging. And while over-the-top, there are a couple of amusing\ngross-out moments during a scene with Dreux attempting to earn cash by giving\nas much blood as she can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/One-of-Them-Days-01-fixed-1-1024x620.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30454\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But sadly, the comedic tone isn\u2019t always consistent. One would expect the leads to be completely panicked and distressed given their circumstances, resulting in rash acts and manic humor. Dreux certainly shows concern at points during the film, but as written Alyssa doesn\u2019t seem nearly as bothered as she should be. Instead, she cracks jokes and many actions strain believability, like when she earns some money and then waves it around in public. The lack of desperation in the character doesn\u2019t add any excitement to the proceedings. Even the occasional appearance of a ticking clock here and there fails to elevate the comedic tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while a few previously noted scenarios earn a chuckle, several fall flat. In fact, the movie switches gears in the final third, following up on a footwear subplot that introduces a new and more threatening villain. It results in a finale involving gunfire that doesn\u2019t feel in keeping with the preceding incidents. The shoe-related shenanigans also result in a strange cameo from a famous face that simply doesn\u2019t land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/One-of-Them-Days-03-fixed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30452\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, when the leads finally come up with a\nlast-minute plan to save themselves emphasizing their already noted talents, it\nreally feels like a story device. The long-gestating plan is explained away\nwith the comment that the pair just hadn\u2019t been utilizing their skills, but\nit\u2019s is a tough sell and one wonders why it took so long for them to take this\nroute.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, this is a silly comedy. One can\u2019t be overly harsh\nfor the story coming to a quick close and tying everything up in a neat bow,\nbut it is awkwardly delivered. There are funny moments here and there and the\ntwo likable leads help sell a few outrageous gags. It\u2019s unfortunate that the\ncentral concept isn\u2019t utilized to its fullest potential, providing neither the\nnumber of laughs or manic desperation from its protagonists that it could have.\n<em>One of Them Days<\/em> just feels like a middling buddy comedy, unlikely to be\nremembered long past its release date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running Time: 97 minutes This feature from Sony Pictures arrives exclusively at theaters on January 17th. With the new year arriving, there is a wide array of entertainment options coming your way. Many are serious dramas, and those looking for some laughs may be tempted to check out One of Them Days, but this comedy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":30451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[216,2122,4660,11068,11558,12626,15425,18709,19491],"class_list":["post-30449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-216","tag-aziza-scott","tag-comedy","tag-joshua-david-neal","tag-keke-palmer","tag-los-angeles","tag-one-of-them-days","tag-sony-pictures","tag-sza"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}