Yes Day is a 2021 American family comedy film directed by Miguel Arteta, from a screenplay and screen story by Justin Malen, based upon the children's book of the same name by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. It stars Jennifer Garner, Édgar RamÃrez, and Jenna Ortega.
It was released on March 12, 2021 on Netflix. It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, who praised the acting (particularly that of Ortega) but criticized its writing and humor. At the 2021 Imagen Awards, Ortega was nominated for Best Actress in a Feature Film.
For stay-at-home mum, Allison Torres (Jennifer Garner), the theme of her life used to be ‘yes’. Yes to skydiving, yes to rock climbing, yes to every adventure that came her way. But when she and husband Carlos (Edgar Ramirez) had children, everything changed. To keep Katie (Jenna Ortega), Nando (Julian Lerner) and Ellie (Everly Carganilla) from ramming things in electrical sockets, falling off the roof or injuring themselves with science experiments, life is mostly ‘no’.
After a parent-teacher conference in which Allison is portrayed as a dictator, she and Carlos decide to try a ‘Yes Day’. The idea is that after they set some ground rules, they say yes to everything their children request for 24 hours. Katie, who desperately wants to go to a festival that her mother doesn’t approve of, makes a bet with her mum that Allison will never be able to say yes for the whole day. And then Katie and her siblings concoct all sorts of activities Katie is sure Allison will refuse.
When tensions flare and plans go awry, Allison discovers that her daughter is mature in ways she never imagined. And Katie learns that sometimes ‘no’ is the best answer she could ever get.