Netflix has released the trailer for Bad Day, an action comedy starring Cameron Diaz as a single mother whose promise to her daughter becomes increasingly difficult to keep. The film starts streaming on December 11.
Diaz plays Joy, who intends to make it to her daughter Katie’s soccer game. A towed car, problems at the bank and a disastrous stop at a dialysis appointment send the day in another direction, with Joy eventually facing an accidental bank-robbery accusation and chaos aboard a bus.
A mother on a deadline
The trailer builds its action around Joy’s attempts to get through ordinary responsibilities as each setback creates another problem. Emma Pearson plays Katie, while Ed O’Neill appears as Pop Pop. The supporting cast also includes Danielle Brooks, Ben Schwartz, Mark Duplass and Rob Corddry.
Jake Szymanski, whose credits include Jury Duty, directs from a screenplay by Laura Solon. Beau Bauman produces through Good One Productions. The new preview introduces the film’s escalating mishaps while keeping Joy’s immediate goal simple: showing up for her child.
