28-05-2025
The First Teaser for Keanu Reeves' ‘Good Fortune' Looks Great and Reveals Nothing
Any time Keanu Reeves appears in a movie, the world is a better place. Reeves is simply one of those actors who makes every single one of us happy anytime they are on screen. And, frankly, he can do it all. He can be a goof, like in Bill & Ted. He can be a badass, like The Matrix and John Wick. Or he can be serious, like in Bram Stoker's Dracula or My Own Private Idaho. We'll next see him in Ballerina and then Reeves stars in Good Fortune, a very unique turn for the actor who plays a down on his luck angel.
The first trailer for Good Fortune was just released, and it looks great. Reeves plays a sad sack angel, hoping to find his purpose in the afterlife. Women find him extremely attractive. He dances. It's a good teaser. And better yet, it doesn't show an inkling of what this movie is actually about. Here, watch this and then read on.
Good Fortune, written and directed by comedian Aziz Ansari, is not only about a sad angel. It's actually about that angel trying to do something good and really screwing up. The film, which comes from Lionsgate, has been part of that company's presentation at CinemaCon the past two years and we've detailed it on the site. Basically, Reeves' character switches the lives of the characters played by Ansari and Rogen. Rogen is rich, and Ansari is not. Reeves' angel, Gabriel, hopes that showing how the other half lives will make them both more appreciative of what they have. And while that works for Rogen, it doesn't work for Ansari. He likes being rich and doesn't want to switch back.
Surely that'll be in the next trailer released for the film, but we kind of love that it's not in here at all. Instead, the marketing team went, 'Well, we've got Keanu Reeves as an angel. That's cool. Let's focus on that to get the conversation started.' Mission accomplished.
Co-starring Kiki Palmer and Sandra Oh, Good Fortune opens October 17.
