Good Fortune

Good Fortune opens with an angel played by Keanu Reeves, because of course it does. He floats in like a well-moisturized guru and decides the best way to help a struggling gig worker is to pull the classic “life switch” move. This is the kind of plan you’d expect from a celestial being who just discovered reality TV and got too emotionally invested in Undercover Boss.

Aziz Ansari plays Arj, a man who delivers things for a living and gets paid in vague apologies and low battery warnings. He’s exhausted, underpaid, and one algorithm away from a full breakdown. Meanwhile, Seth Rogen plays Jeff, a tech billionaire with the emotional maturity of a scented candle. His biggest problem is his kombucha fridge being too full.

Then Keanu shows up as Gabriel, a divine force who talks like every motivational quote that’s ever been cross-stitched onto a throw pillow. He decides to swap their lives, not through any kind of divine order, but because he has the spiritual decision-making skills of a confused yoga instructor.

Now Arj is waking up in a silk robe wondering what a Peloton is, and Jeff is suddenly broke, sweaty, and very angry at public transit. Gabriel floats around trying to keep things together while looking like he’s about to start a band called Eternal Stillness. Every time he speaks, it sounds like he’s either solving the universe or reading aloud from his own cologne ad.

Keke Palmer plays someone with common sense. Sandra Oh plays the upper-management angel who is clearly one spreadsheet away from firing Gabriel on the spot. At one point there is probably a dramatic monologue about finding your purpose while standing in front of a very expensive toaster.

It’s a comedy with heart, or at least a heart-shaped reminder that billionaires are just weird guys with too much furniture. Some of the jokes land. Some wander off and become think pieces. But it’s worth it to watch Keanu stare into the middle distance and say things like, “Maybe the life you want isn’t the life you need,” while soft music swells in the background.

4 out of 5 spiritual HR violations

Because even heaven has a performance review.