One of Them Days (2025)

 

One of Them Days (2025)

 

3/10

Starring

Keke Palmer

SZA

Katt Williams

 

Directed by Lawrence Lamont

 

This movie flashed before me, and since I wasn’t doing anything, I decided to watch it. It’s as predictable as they come. The movie didn’t thrill me at all.

I must be one of those people whose mind rests on another plane because I just don’t see Keke Palmer as a good actress anymore. I remember her from when she was younger (Akeelah and the Bee comes to mind), and back then, she had solid acting skills. She had range. Now, she just acts like she’s acting.

Her performance lacked emotional depth, making it hard to connect with her. I know SZA isn’t an actress by trade, so I can forgive her bad acting in this movie, but I expected better from Keke Palmer. Another issue is how one-dimensional the rest of the cast is—none of them act like they’ve ever acted before.

You’ll need next-level patience to figure out what this movie is even about (other than paying rent) because it feels like the movie itself is still trying to figure that out as you’re watching.

It starts painfully slow. The pacing is so bad that I wonder if the director has ever made a movie before. There’s no way they didn’t notice the sluggish opening, not to mention the awful dialogue that gets thrown around with reckless ambition.

I kept waiting for another reason this movie was greenlit because I didn’t want to believe I was watching a film about two girls, Dreux (Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA), living in an apartment where Alyssa’s boyfriend steals their rent money, and now their landlord is kicking them out.

Then comes Katt Williams, and I thought, Okay, maybe he’ll save the movie. Nope.

So, the whole thing is just watching these two girls trying to get the money back or come up with it before 6 o’clock that day to avoid being kicked out.

With bad editing and horrible costumes, nothing about this movie adds up. The comedy barely lands, making the awkward pacing even worse. Scenes drag on without real payoff, and the dialogue feels forced. It’s like the movie wants to be funny and relatable but ends up feeling clumsy and directionless instead. I kept hoping to find at least one good thing to say about it, just so I wouldn’t feel like I completely wasted my time. But no such thing exists.

I don’t recommend watching this movie.