‘Yes Day’ will give everyone above the age of 12 anxiety
When you see a Netflix movie, you immediately have a set of expectations: not cinematic genius, but a nice movie. Although “Yes Day” is supposed to be a comedy, we ended up with strong feelings of worry and anxiety throughout the majority of the film. Perhaps that just shows that we are old farts with no sense of humor.
The basic idea is simple: Allison Torres (Jennifer Garner) is depicted as a fairly strict parent, so much so that her 10-year-old son, Nando (Julian Lerner), compared her to Stalin and Moussolini. Carlos (Édgar Ramírez) is the chill parent, the one who always defers to mom to say no, making him the kids’ favorite parent. The underlying conflict in the movie is that their oldest daughter, Katie (Jenna Ortega), wants to go to “Fleek Fest,” a Coachella-esque concert with her friends. After being told that she is too controlling at parent-teacher conferences, Allison decides that they will try having a “yes day,” where parents are not allowed to say no to their kids, and must do whatever requests their kids have.