IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR

Balance is the lesson that this sweet, and occasionally eye-rollingly silly, little fam-com wants to promote

- SAMREEN KHOJA

A GIGANTIC BOWL OF ice cream sundae for breakfast, bed-trampolining, water balloon fights and car wash with windows down — Yes Day sums up an ideal childhood that you have always wished for. Directed by Miguel Arteta, Yes Day, starring Jennifer Garner, Édgar Ramírez has been adapted from Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenfeld’s children’s book of the same name.

Ever wondered how would you feel being the mean parent, the one who always says ‘no’? Well, that is exactly how Allison Torrses (Jennifer Garner) feels. Allison and Carlos Torres (Édgar Ramírez) have been married with three kids: Katie, Nando and Ellie. Allison was the fun one back then and said yes to everything. Jump from an airplane? You betcha! Wanna go rock climbing? Allison was first in line. Wanna play hooky and take a day at the beach? Hell yeah. The problem was once she had kids, she felt the necessity to say no to her children in order to protect them. Well, it’s just called parenting, isn’t it?