MOVIE
Good Fortune
Director Aziz Ansari
Review Ray Chan
Aziz Ansari steps confidently into the director’s chair with
this feature movie, having the good fortune indeed to assemble a comedic dream
team in Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Oh for an engaging,
light-on-its-feet meditation on fate, friendship and finding happiness amidst everyday
mess.
Ansari’s signature blend of sharp wit and gentle
vulnerability — traits which helped him win two Emmys and a Golden Globe — powers
the film’s comedic engine, and his onscreen partnership with Rogen crackles
with easy chemistry and plenty of unscripted affections and emotions.
Rogen, as a tech boss with abundant wealth, is in warm and
riotous form, bringing a lovable brand of chaos to every scene, his timing complementing
Ansari’s more neurotic, philosophical musings as he ponders his homeless,
jobless life.
But Reeves steals the show as guardian angel Gabriel, tasked
with protecting people who text while driving. Delivering a delightfully
self-aware turn as a zen-like mentor with more eccentric wisdom than sense, he
gently spoofs his own serenity as he guides (and derails) the leads on their
path to “good fortune”.
It’s a role that lets Reeves lean into deadpan comedy and
sparkle with understated charm, making him truly difficult to dislike.
The issues the film addresses are hardly subtle, highlighting
financial stress, labour exploitation in gig economies, and income inequality. What
makes the production stand out is Ansari’s focus on the small, awkward moments
as it is in big gags, gently poking fun at contemporary culture without tipping
into cynicism.
Forget over-extravagant cinematic spectacle, Good Fortune is
exactly what its title promises — a stroke of luck for viewers seeking joy,
relatable confusion, and comedy with a side of heart. Fortune may favour the
bold, and it certainly also works well for the funny.
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