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YES DAY

YES DAY

Family · Comedy · 2021

A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids' wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.

Movie details

YES DAY

“For 24 hours, kids make the rules.”

2021 Family · Comedy 1h 26m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.7 / 10

32.5K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

52 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

46 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids' wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over YES DAY?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Miguel Arteta

Written by

Justin Malen

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner

Allison Torres

Edgar Ramírez

Edgar Ramírez

Carlos Torres

Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega

Katie Torres

Julian Lerner

Julian Lerner

Nando Torres

Everly Carganilla

Everly Carganilla

Ellie Torres

H.E.R.

H.E.R.

H.E.R.

Nat Faxon

Nat Faxon

Mr. Deacon

Court is in session

Put YES DAY on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.