Yes Day (2021)

Yes Day (2021)

 

5/10

 Starring

Jennifer Garner

Édgar Ramírez

Jenna Ortega

 

Directed by Miguel Arteta

 

Yes Day doesn't even make an attempt to be more. The possibilities a child could come up with when given a Yes Day are endless. Instead, this movie decided to go down the route of mediocrity, with the children asking for things any parent(s) would normally do on a weekend.

The movie is very predictable, and everything you would expect to happen in such movies does. The fallout of this movie is the lack of burst-out-laughing moments—not even moments where the smile comes from within and you smile on your face. The movie is just something to watch with your kids and let them know that such a thing will never happen in your home.

What the hell is Yes Day, and if it's a parenting thing, well, that’s one bad parenting idea. Then comes the time when Allison (Jennifer Garner) lost it and got herself and her husband, Carlos, imprisoned. The silly things that follow, with the officers letting the children go on their own, can be overlooked because it's wrapped in silliness and impossibilities. But Allison losing her mind and fighting over a stuffed pink gorilla, which was set in the movie on purpose to show a mother at her wit’s end, was just silliness at its highest. It made absolutely no sense, did not add to the comedy, and just lazily pushed the plot along.

The movie starts with the introduction of Allison, a lady who seems to be ready for anything or any adventure and is willing to take risks as long as it’s fun in the end. It was on these adventures that she met her husband, Carlos, and they got married and had three kids. It was here that the fun stopped and the parenting started.

Now, Allison, who was willing to say yes to anything, has become the No Lady. Any parent or adult who has cared for a child will know that this is actually the only way to raise a child. You have to be the bad guy, and the whole point of parenting is to raise a child to be a useful person in society—not for them to be your best friend.

After a parent-teacher meeting, which made Allison feel like her children saw her as a merciless dictator, the couple heard of the idea of a Yes Day and decided to give it a try.

With their two eldest children acting up and the youngest one just being a cute little lady, the couple felt the Yes Day idea would help them cut loose and change the children’s perception of them.

Well, as you can guess, things started off okay at first, then everything went downhill fast. Like all family movies, it all ended with the family closer and more loving toward one another.

Like I said above, this is a movie you can watch with your family. There is a but: the children have to be young. No teenager will find this film as interesting as the action movies or better comedies that are out there.