and SZA teamed up for their 2025 female buddy comedy film, One of Them Days, with the film being SZA’s feature film debut. Directed by Lawrence Lamont and written by Syreeta Singleton, the film has turned out to be a completely unexpected hit.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently has a critics’ rating of 97% and an audience rating of 92%. This makes One of Them Days one of the highest-rated comedies in years, a feat that even Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt have failed to achieve.

Made against a budget of $14 million, the R-rated comedy has been showing some extraordinary feats at the box office as well. Opening at number two behind Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King, the film has already grossed $11.6 million in the first week of its release (via The Numbers and Variety). Expected to get a boost from word of mouth, Palmer and SZA’s buddy comedy is expected to be a very profitable venture for both the film and theatrical comedies.

One of Them Days features two roommates, Keke Palmer’s Dreux and SZA’s Alyssa as two roommates who reside in a rundown apartment with Alyssa’s boyfriend. However, their rent money is stolen by the boyfriend leading to their landlord threatening eviction.

The film follows the ‘adventures’ of Dreux and Alyssa as they try to get money to pay their landlord, a quest that involves a trip to a blood bank, stealing some Air Jordan, and a whole lot of laughs. Given the film’s critical and box office performance, this is what fans have to say:

The wife suffers thru action movies w/me so I settled into the movie theater reclining chair, tilted back…

…and DID NOT fall asleep

KeKe was hilarious, SZA shockingly good and @joshuaneall DELIVERED 🫡

‘One of Them Days’ was fun with legit theater eruptions 😂😂…go see it pic.twitter.com/VU42oLfpBq

— Sonny Guns (@SonOfaGYSGT) January 19, 2025

I saw this yesterday and I had not seen a trailer. And it was amazing! I have not laughed that hard in so long. And it was just a solid movie. I recommend everybody they need to see it.

— Corley Wall (@Corleydude94) January 19, 2025

Wow that's amazing. The movie must be really good fr. I don't tend to watch comedies, but this movie is making me want to. Like those ratings make the movie sound like a masterpiece.

— Forlorn Hope 🎀 (@ForlornHope09) January 19, 2025

Movie was hilarious, worth seeing

— Anthony Rivardo (@Anthony_Rivardo) January 19, 2025

As hectic as January has been, we needed this laugh! This movie definitely earned every tomato of 97%!!!

— ✌🏾& ❤️ (@Hey1stLady) January 19, 2025

Given the largely positive reactions from fans and netizens, One of Them Days is expected to score even bigger this upcoming weekend. An original comedy film with a low budget, Keke Palmer and SZA’s unexpected collaboration has turned out to be a massive hit and fans hope this isn’t the last of SZA they see on the big screen.