OK, this one’s a bit strange. Netflix is releasing an original film called “Girlfriend’s Day,” and it stars Bob Odenkirk from “Better Call Saul.” Great, not sure I’ve heard of it, but whatever. However, the narrative of the trailer is really unexpected. It centers on a loveless, down-on-his-luck former Hallmark-card writer who decides to try and get his mettle back after the newly announced Girlfriend’s Day holiday gives him inspiration. OK, it looks and sounds like maybe a dark romantic comedy. But then people in his town turn up dead and go missing because of Girlfriend’s Day and Odenkirk’s loser character has to find out why. Uhh, OK, so murder/romantic-comedy conspiracy film? Got it. Here’s the synopsis:
Ever wonder who penned the perfect words to the Mother’s Day card you sent last year? Or the hilarious birthday card you gave your best friend? A master of words, that’s who.
In the Netflix original film, Girlfriend’s Day, director Michael Paul Stephenson (“The American Scream“) invites you to experience a clever and quirky story about love, loss and the worst place to get a paper cut. Meet Ray Wentworth (Bob Odenkirk), once a king of the wordsmith world, and now a down-on-his-luck romance card writer. In an effort to recapture the feelings that once made him the greatest, he gets entangled in a web of murder and deceit as writers vie to create the perfect card for a newly crowned holiday: Girlfriend’s Day.
The film also stars Amber Tamblyn, Natasha Lyonne, Ed Begley Jr., Stacy Keach, Rich Sommer, June Diane Raphael, Andy Richter, Stephanie Courtney, Toby Huss, Stephen Michael Quezada, Derek Waters, and Echo Kellum.
“Girlfriend’s Day” premieres on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14th on Netflix.
