Why is “One of Them Days” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “language throughout, sexual material and brief drug use.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a visibly sexually aroused man wearing boxer briefs, a few references to sex, sexually suggestive gestures, many scenes of outfits that reveal cleavage, bare abdomens and partial buttocks, a man with a gun shooting in a threatening way, a non-fatal electrocution, many arguments, people being evicted from their apartments, and nearly 70 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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Two roommates (Keke Palmer and SZA) quickly come up with creative ways to raise rent money after the boyfriend of one of them squanders the funds they had set aside. Also with Vanessa Bell Calloway, Lil Rel Howery, Katt Williams, Maude Apatow, Patrick Cage, Gabrielle Dennis, Janelle James, Amin Joseph, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Joshua David Neal and Dewayne Perkins. Directed by Lawrence Lamont. [Running Time: 1:37]

One of Them Days SEX/NUDITY 5

 – A man wears a robe that hangs open and we see his partial bare chest and abdomen; he later removes the robe and we see him wearing boxer briefs with a large erection stretching the fabric as a woman tells another woman that he “makes it wave at me.” A woman wearing very short shorts dances with suggestive hip thrusts and we see her exposed buttocks moving as a man watches mesmerized. A man and a woman share an ice cream cone suggestively and moan.
► A man kisses a woman on the cheek. A woman appears to be smitten by a man and has trouble speaking when he stands close to her; they touch hands briefly and he leaves.
► A man says that a woman is exhausted from having sex with him. A man flirtatiously compliments a woman’s appearance. A woman says that she was a stripper before working at a blood bank. A woman says, “I don’t even like men.” A woman tells another woman, “You ain’t my type.”
► Women wear low-cut tops that reveal deep cleavage and bare abdomens in most scenes. A woman wears a tight-fitting outfit with several cutouts that reveal cleavage, bare abdomen and sides and part of her thighs.

One of Them Days VIOLENCE/GORE 4

 – A man with a gun enters an apartment and when he slams the door, part of the ceiling falls and hits him on the head knocking him out; a candle on the floor is knocked over and sets the apartment on fire and the three people inside drag the unconscious man to a room where they are rescued by firefighters. Three men enter an apartment courtyard in a threatening manner and one pulls a gun from his waistband and shoots into the air causing many people gathered there to run away; he chases two women and continues shooting, hitting a car and shattering its window. A woman hits another woman in the face and they argue and fight: one woman is thrown over a bench and lands on the ground where the other woman straddles her and punches her and a third woman intervenes and the first woman elbows her in the face; the first woman slams the two women’s heads together and sits on one woman’s face (we see both women have bloody noses). A man wearing a mask runs through a drive-through window area and steals a bag of food in a couple of scenes; a woman in a car chases and crashes into him in one scene throwing him over the car hood (we see him motionless on the ground). A woman climbs a power pole to retrieve a pair of expensive shoes and is zapped by electricity; she falls to the ground and lands on another woman (we see them both in an ambulance but they seem OK later). A woman charges through her apartment to find another woman in a room with her boyfriend; they argue and the other woman tips over an aquarium that has a large lizard in it and runs away. A man tries to fix a dishwasher in a diner and it blows a powerful blast of steam at him throwing him into a wall (we see the wall dented and the man groans but seems to be OK). A woman climbs through a window and falls on the floor inside an apartment. A man and a woman chase two women through a city and the first woman accidentally slams into the door of a car as it is opened (she falls to the ground but seems OK). A woman donates several bags of blood for money and yells when she is poked in the arm with a needle; we see bags filling with blood and blood sprays around the room when another woman pulls the tube out of the first woman’s arm; more blood splatters on people in the room when full bags are stepped on. A man threatens a woman over the phone while we see two other men holding a man by the ankles over a balcony. Two women return home to find that they have been evicted and their possessions are piled on the sidewalk outside their apartment.
► A man pounds on an apartment door and a woman answers it angrily; he threatens to evict her if she doesn’t pay her rent. Two women argue bitterly and say hurtful things. Two women argue about paying their rent, and where the money that was to be used to pay it went; one woman threatens the other woman with physical violence. A man tries to convince two women not to get a payday loan and pounds on the window telling them to get out; we see photos on a wall of people that are titled “delinquent borrowers.” A woman laughs at another woman’s credit score saying she has never seen one so low.
► A man wears a T-shirt with the picture of a man on it and tells a woman that the man was killed by another man for looking at him. A man tells a woman that he “did some time in juvie.” Two women talk about people being killed in an apartment complex. A woman argues with a man about fixing her hair before an interview. Several people talk about getting a “white” neighbor in their apartment complex. A woman reminds another woman that she is lactose intolerant when she is going to eat food containing cheese and makes a remark about what is going to happen in the bathroom later.
► A dog defecates in a garden bed and we see the feces.

One of Them Days LANGUAGE 10

 – About 69 F-words and its derivatives, 3 sexual references, 36 scatological terms, 27 anatomical terms, 39 mild obscenities, 10 derogatory terms for African-American people, name-calling (greedy, funky, raggedy, maniac, weird, dumb, stupid, trouble, dummy, bum, homeless boyfriend, dusty, lame, goons, hot moms, junior crackheads, crazy, hipster, typical, big bootie, fat, perverse, hos, bully, [F-word deleted]-boy, trap), exclamations (calm down, shut-up, take heed, you gotta have faith, get it together, are you [F-word deleted] kidding me), 6 religious profanities (GD), 13 religious exclamations (e.g. God, he loves the Lord, I swear to God, God heals all things, Jesus, oh my God, put up a prayer). | profanity glossary |

One of Them Days SUBSTANCE USE

 – Several men smoke what could be marijuana in a stairwell creating thick smoke. Three women drink glasses of wine, and two women drink cocktails.

One of Them Days DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Paying the rent, lacking confidence in your abilities, slavery, trying to improve your life and circumstances, PTSD, homelessness, taking advantage of people, regret, payday lenders.

One of Them Days MESSAGE

 – Having confidence in your abilities can improve your life.