‘Bad Day’ Trailer: Cameron Diaz Is a Single Mom Who Accidentally Robs a Bank in Netflix Comedy — SkimNews
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- Bad Day follows Cameron Diaz as a single mother of two who pinky-promises to attend her youngest child’s soccer game, but her father’s dialysis appointment and the need to prove her innocence in bank fraud keep getting in the way.
- Netflix will release Bad Day on Dec. 11, and the trailer previews a towed car, a frozen bank account and passive-aggressive comments from gossiping pilates moms.
- Danielle Brooks and John Higgins portray a pair of police officers, while Ed O’Neill plays Diaz’s father and Rhenzy Feliz appears as her friend.
- Emma Pearson and Jessica Belkin play Diaz’s daughters, with the supporting cast also including Mark Duplass, Rob Corddry, Ayden Mayeri, Ben Schwartz, Retta, P.J. Byrne, Sherry Cola, Edi Patterson and Beck Bennett.
- Jake Szymanski directs Bad Day, Laura Solon wrote it and Beau Bauman produced it; Solon and Mark Moran are executive producers, with Jeremy Mittleman serving as co-producer.
- Bad Day is framed as blending Cameron Diaz’s action experience in Back in Action and Charlie’s Angels with her heartfelt roles in There’s Something About Mary and The Holiday.
Why it matters: For Netflix, the Dec. 11 launch adds a Diaz-led mom-com to its slate. The deeper angle is tonal: Bad Day combines the action experience of Back in Action and Charlie’s Angels with Diaz’s heartfelt roles in There’s Something About Mary and The Holiday, while a soccer-game promise collides with dialysis and bank fraud.
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