Keke Palmer deserves to be known as one of the biggest stars on the planet. She has the immaculate charm to easily carry a comedy like One of Them Days – a movie full of smart gags and occasional surrealism, but with the loose, impulsive quality of a true hangout film. Its story pays straightforward homage to F Gary Gray’s Friday (1995), which starred Ice Cube and Chris Tucker as south central LA locals on a quest to pay back a drug supplier and make it to the end of the day alive, with a distinctly contemporary twist.
Palmer’s Dreux and her roommate Alyssa (R&B musician SZA, in her feature debut) have until 6pm to pay their rent before they’re unceremoniously evicted by their gentrifying landlord (Rizi Timane) so he can renovate their place and upsell it to a witless white girl like their new neighbour Bethany (Maude Apatow), who comes complete with an untrained rescue dog called Shooter and invitations to a “prosecco and pals” party.
