Lawrence Lamont’s One of Them Days is a feel-good buddy comedy just when we need it the most: in the middle of a gloomy January. Dreux (Keke Palmer) is having one of those days when the universe seems to be conspiring against her.

This is the story of director Lawrence Lamont’s One Of Them Days: When the first of the month comes along and two longtime friends living in south Los Angeles as roommates realize their hard-earned cash has been stolen,

The two have nine hours to get the rent money in a fast-talking day-in-the-life-of-the-hood comedy that's really a skewed portrait of a community.

Horror, not comedy, has been the go-to movie genre in recent years, but a movie like “One of Them Days,” starring Keke Palmer and, in her big-screen debut, SZA, is a good reminder of what we’ve been missing.

Part of the pleasure of their journey is seeing who they’ll encounter along the way. “One of Them Days” though, blessedly, is not packed with super famous people. Instead, the obstacles for Dreux and Alyssa are simply played by sharp comic actors at the top of their game.

Keke Palmer and SZA’s new buddy comedy movie One of Them Days is out in the US, and critics are heaping praise on it for one specific reason. One of Them Days follows Nope star Keke Palmer as pragmatic restaurant owner Dreux and Grammy winner SZA as slightly more volatile painter Alyssa,

One of Them Days” has a couple points of significant distinction, one of them tragic. As a 100% Los Angeles comedy in location and spirit, it’s the first 2025 release of its kind since the wildfires broke out on Jan.