ONE OF THEM DAYS
A sharp, funny ride you'll wish were cleaner.
Should You Watch It?
Let's be honest up front, because the movie is genuinely good and that makes this harder. The writing is sharp, the performances land, and underneath the mayhem there's a real message: your worth isn't your credit score, and you were never meant to face your troubles alone.
But the content is where this one falls apart for the discerning viewer. We counted at least 150 obscenities, including more than 80 "f" words and profanities using the Lord's name. There's strong sexual content, repeated nudity played for laughs and for lust, gun violence, and a worldview that treats your own feelings as the only judge of right and wrong. It also waves off drugs, theft, and violence as if they cost nothing.
So here is our answer: a talented cast made a funny movie you should still skip. The good message is real, but it's buried under too much you'd have to wade through to reach it.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESDreux is an ambitious young waitress in a rough Los Angeles neighborhood. Her best friend and roommate Alyssa is a free-spirited artist. Together they hit the first of the month with a problem: rent is due by 6 p.m., and Alyssa's boyfriend has blown the money on a sneaker scheme.
Worse, Dreux has the interview of her life at 4 p.m. So the two friends have one day to scrape together the cash and get Dreux to that meeting — dodging an angry local baddie and, before long, a whole lot more.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars, and they're earned. This is a raw, relatable comedy about real modern troubles — poverty, debt, and the question of what your worth actually is — told with energy and heart.
The acting and the stunts are the standouts. Every character arrives with a strong, often hilarious onscreen presence, and the movie moves like the best comedies of errors do: one disaster tumbling into the next. If the film has a weakness of craft, it's that some of those characters lean on stereotype rather than depth. But make no mistake — as filmmaking, this is good work, which is exactly why its content problems are so frustrating. A cleaner script with this cast could have been something special.
The Worldview
The engine driving this whole story is a Romantic worldview: nearly everyone here solves their problems and orders their lives around how they feel, not around what's right and wrong. One heroine bases her choices on what she "deserves." The other spends her energy chasing what "the universe" wants — which in practice means doing whatever feels right in the moment, consequences be damned. Even the two villains run on the same fuel: the woman does whatever she wants whenever she wants, the man does whatever money tells him to. For most of its runtime, the movie shows people getting what they want by any means that serves them.
There's also overt false religion. Alyssa trusts "the universe" instead of God, hangs crystals in her car, and talks about praying to her ancestors, and the film nods to karma. One side character, Lucky, tries to be a genuine evangelist for Christianity — but the movie mostly uses him for comic relief.
That said, a light moral thread does survive. By the end, the friends learn to lean on their community, and it comes through for them. Dreux discovers her worth is more than a credit score; Alyssa finds some self-respect and compassion.
Underneath the comedy is a true ache — the longing to be worth something, and not to face life alone. Scripture answers both: your worth is fixed by the God who made you, and "God sets the lonely in families" (Psalm 68:6).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Strong Romantic worldview overall with some overt false religion where most of the characters solve their problems and base their lives on they feel rather than what’s right and wrong, one heroine also bases her decisions on what she “deserves,” the other heroine spends a good amount of time and energy doing what “the universe” wants (this results in her doing whatever she feels is right at the time without concerns for the consequences), the two villains also have a Romantic worldview, the female villain does whatever she wants whenever she wants even to the point of stealing the lustful attention of every man, the male villain does what he wants based on money, and much of the movie shows people solving their problems in any way they can think of that benefits the themselves, but mitigated by some light moral elements where the characters learn to rely on their community in the end to come to their aid, which it does, plus one side character tries to be a good evangelist for Christianity, but he’s often used for comic relief
Foul Language
At least 150 obscenities (including more than 80 “f” words), one strong profanity using the name of Jesus, six GD profanities, 12 light profanities, and many “n” words
Violence
A heavy level of violence includes woman unleashes a snake on a woman and a man, woman gets hit by a car door, woman falls on her female roommate from a flagpole, two women get into a catfight where a third woman tries to help but doesn’t succeed, man shoots at the comic heroines and drops a guy from a building, a fire breaks out in the girls’ apartment, a side character is called the biscuit bandit, blood from a blood bank sprays all over a room and onto some people, and a building burns
Sex
Strong and light sexual content includes woman describes a sexual encounter in specific detail, several crude sexual references, two moments of implied sex where woman comes to talk to her female roommate who’s lying on a bed, and it’s implied she just had sex, there’s another scene where woman and a man are sharing a bed, and woman has many moments where she implies she’s a man stealer, plus one side character indicates she used to be a stripper
Nudity
Partial rear female nudity in one scene, woman’s breasts are partly visible under a thin shirt, two instances of upper male nudity (in one of those instances the man is wearing tight underwear with a prominent bulge), three women at different times wear only their underwear, and one woman frequently shows off her skin and at one point her bare back can be seen
Alcohol Use
There’s a scene where woman offers the two heroines wine and a scene at the end where the two heroines make martinis
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No tobacco use, but there are three moments where background characters are smoking and it’s implied to be marijuana;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Woman gets conned out of money by the buyer for some Air Jordan shoes, one heroine lies during the beginning of an interview but ultimately ends up telling the truth, stealing, and racist landlord treats a white woman better.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Dreux learns her worth isn't her credit score or what others think of her. Where does Scripture say our real worth comes from?
Psalm 139:13–14 · Ephesians 2:10The film's characters mostly decide right and wrong by how they feel in the moment. What happens when feelings become our only guide, and what does God offer instead?
Proverbs 14:12 · Jeremiah 17:9Alyssa trusts "the universe," crystals, and her ancestors rather than God. Why does Scripture warn against putting our hope in these things — and who does it point us to instead?
Isaiah 47:13–15 · Colossians 2:8In the end, the friends survive because their community comes through for them. How is God's design for the church a deeper version of that same rescue?
Galatians 6:2 · Ecclesiastes 4:9–10The Final Word
There's a good heart in here — a message about self-worth and leaning on the people around you — carried by a cast that's clearly gifted. But it comes wrapped in relentless profanity, nudity, sexual content, and a worldview that makes feelings the final word. So our answer stands: skip it. Looking for something to enjoy with the family instead? Try our latest family-friendly picks.
