Good Fortune

"Need a miracle?"

2025 1h 37m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 861

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Synopsis

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

“Need a miracle?”

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Cast

Keanu Reeves
Gabriel
Aziz Ansari
Arj / Delivery Robots (voice)
Seth Rogen
Jeff
Keke Palmer
Elena
Sandra Oh
Martha
Sherry Cola
Linda
Stephen McKinley Henderson
Azrael
Blanca Araceli
Rosa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aziz Ansari
Writers: Aziz Ansari
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 7

MONEY

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Earned back only 87% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released last year.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aziz Ansari, shot by Adam Newport-Berra. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Keanu Reeves and Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Need a miracle?".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt27543578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Aziz Ansari directs. Adam Newport-Berra behind the camera. Carter Burwell scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 87% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released last year.
3Directed by Aziz Ansari, shot by Adam Newport-Berra. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Keanu Reeves and Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Need a miracle?".
7IMDB entry: tt27543578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 16 themes, including "second chance", "personal growth", "guardian angel", "contemporary fantasy".

The technical file

Cinematography: Adam Newport-Berra
Original score: Carter Burwell
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $26,117,423
Return: 87% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Good Fortune (2025)

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CinemaSerf2025-10-26
★ 7/10
Well if you thought poor “Clarence” was a bit hopeless in “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) then wait til you meet “Gabriel” (Keanu Reeves). He’s an entry-level angel, replete with stunted wings, who is charged with stopping careless drovers from texting whilst crashing. He’s bored, and so when he spots the down-at-heel “Ari” (Aziz Ansari) he believes he might have discovered a pet project for himself. This man works in one of those rent-a-person jobs running errands for folks and living on their meagre tips. One such trip sees him at the luxurious home of “Jeff” (Seth Rogan). He’s supposed to clean out his garage, but proves a bit more invaluable than that and is soon hired as his personal factotum. He even gets a company Amex card! That proves very handy when he takes his date “Rosa” (Bianca Araceli) to a restaurant recommended by his new boss and finds the bill pretty eye-watering. Of course, “Jeff” isn’t impressed, promptly fires the man and this is where our angelic intervention goes a bit wonky. “Jeff” and “Ari” swap roles. The former now finds himself homeless and broke, the latter comfortably off in his hilltop palace and poor old “Gabriel” suitably de-winged by his furious boss “Martha” (Sandra Oh) who declares that he will only get them back when he has sorted out his mischief. To do that he needs both men to consent to the swap, but what chance? Especially as an angel with no wings or powers he is not much use when it comes to putting food in their mouths and “Ari” is now all too readily settled in his cashmere and champagne luxury. If you saw the recent “Freaky Friday” remake then this follows similar lines with loads of daft antics combining a good dose of venality with an element of doing the right thing quite amiably. Rogan and Ansari both deliver entertainingly but it’s really Reeves who steals the show as his dejection grows, he turns to all-night dishwashing, chain smoking and begins to realise that there is a lot more to the human being lark than he’d anticipated. There’s nothing especially innovative from the writing or the production, really, it is just a fun stroll that pokes some fun at the fabulously wealthy (who don’t really do anything for their buck) and the struggling family man who works flat out but still has to sleep in his car (until it is towed). Good fun.
Sierbahnn2026-06-16
★ 6/10
Late-stage capitalism... yay From a technical standpoint this movie has it. It has great visuals, lovely cast, great sound, good music. But that's not why you watch movies, at least not solely. You watch them to feel something. And this movie only makes you feel even more bereft of space and validity in this late-stage capitalism hellscape we live in. It isn't uplifting. It isn't enlightening. It is not even funny half the time. It just points out how bleak the world is, and I knew that already.