Keke Palmer says her new film with SZA continues a tradition of side-splitting Black comedies with an important message.

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.

They’re girlz in the hood. Two young women trying to make it from “Friday” and “Next Friday” to “Friday After Next.”

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.

Lawrence Lamont did something very experimental for this movie for his feature film debut. He recruited one of Hollywood's biggest stars in Keke Palmer and

One of Them Days” is a very funny movie. That’s something you don’t find often, especially in the cruel month of January where bad movies go to die. Director Lawrence Lamont and writer Syreeta Singleton create a comedy where every character is not only well cast,

One of Them Days also serves as a love letter to Los Angeles — hitting even more powerfully given the recent wildfires — highlighting the neighborhoods where residents continue to dream big and work hard,