Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune blends comedy and morality tale with mixed results. Strong cast chemistry and solid production shine, but its portrayal of poverty lacks authenticity. Heartfelt, flawed, …

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For a comedy, Good Fortune paints one hell of a bleak (and therefore, let's be honest, probably accurate) picture of the current iteration o...

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.

'Good Fortune' has a strong ensemble cast and good jokes that help this generic story about life feel more engaging. It has the bones to be a knock-out, but it falls flat.

A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy venture capitalist.

Synopsis: Gabriel (Keanu Reeves), a restless guardian angel who swaps the lives of a struggling gig worker, Arj (Aziz Ansari), and a wealthy tech investor, Jeff (Seth Rogen), to teach that happines…