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Old 05-28-25 | 01:27 PM
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Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh



In GOOD FORTUNE, a well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel (Keanu Reeves) meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Aziz Ansari) and a wealthy venture capitalist (Seth Rogen).
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Old 05-29-25 | 08:44 AM
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This looks pretty good IMO. Not a comedy blockbuster, but definitely looks amusing.
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This new trailer makes it more like Trading Places.
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Old 09-22-25 | 08:21 AM
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

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This new trailer makes it more like Trading Places.
And using the party scene music from Trading Places is a nice acknowledgement of the similarity/inspiration.
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This actually looks pretty funny. I’ll watch it.

And as much as I love the guy, I think Keanu may actually be getting worse at acting over the last few years.
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Opens today.

It’s also the T-Mobile Tuesday $5 ticket through Atom Tickets.

I plan to see it this afternoon. It does look funny and something very different for Keanu.
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

I was not a fan of the trailer for this...but I saw it tonight and it's pretty decent. Definitely going to buy when it comes on digital.
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I saw it today. It was actually pretty good. Funny and had some heart. Keanu, Rogan and Ansari had good chemistry and played well off each other. Sure it was a predictable and was basically a new take on Its a wonderful life/ Trading places. But, the actors made it work. And it was a tight 90 something minutes.
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Old 10-17-25 | 07:16 PM
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

Everything that worked for me in this was Keanu related. Felt very much like a first or second draft.
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

Glad to see Aziz Ansari is back and miss his presence on movies and TV.
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I thought it had likable stars and some fun moments, but it's also a message movie, and that part never really at all worked for me.
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I enjoyed the movie. What is funny is that Seth Rogen in just about all of his movies plays himself and appears to be ad-libbing all of his lines. The banter between Seth and Aziz feels like two comedians doing improv. Keanu shines in his role playing it more straight
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

I finally saw this today (last day in the local theaters). I had heard it was good but I thought it was just 'okay'. Kind of dragged at points and was a little heavy handed with the message.
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

Originally Posted by DJariya
I saw it today. It was actually pretty good. Funny and had some heart. Keanu, Rogan and Ansari had good chemistry and played well off each other. Sure it was a predictable and was basically a new take on Its a wonderful life/ Trading places. But, the actors made it work. And it was a tight 90 something minutes.
Saw this yesterday. This pretty much sums it up for me also.
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Old 11-09-25 | 10:46 PM
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

Anyone who liked this should watch Season 1 of his Netflix show, Master of None.
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

Now playing on Starz
Old 02-21-26 | 11:39 AM
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

I liked this even with Keanu's not so great acting.

If Ansari wants to direct more movies I am in and wish Hollywood would make more movies like this than garbage and pure trash like Elevation.
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
I liked this even with Keanu's not so great acting.

If Ansari wants to direct more movies I am in and wish Hollywood would make more movies like this than garbage and pure trash like Elevation.



You and your weird comparisons. You’re comparing a feel good comedy to a low budget sci fi action movie on two different platforms from different distributors.
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

I would encourage almost any director to make more movies I am in.
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Re: Good Fortune (2025, W/D: Ansari) S: Reeves, Rogen, Ansari, Palmer, Oh

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You and your weird comparisons. You’re comparing a feel good comedy to a low budget sci fi action movie on two different platforms from different distributors.
This and the Naked Gun are the only comedies I remember that came out in 2025 in the theaters.

Can anyone name 5 or more and they have to be pure comedys and not mixing with action or other genres?
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Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
This and the Naked Gun are the only comedies I remember that came out in 2025 in the theaters.

Can anyone name 5 or more and they have to be pure comedys and not mixing with action or other genres?
One of them Days, Splitsville, The Roses, Bride Hard, Friendship
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Splitsville and the Roses are rom coms?

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