Good Fortune – Sunday 16th November 2025

I like Aziz Ansari; he was always funny in ‘Parks and Recreation’, his book on dating ‘Modern Romance’ was an honest appraisal of the difficulties of dating in 2015 (we all know things have got infinitely worse in the decade since then!); the first two seasons of his Netflix show, ‘Master of None’, were brilliant (I never watched the third season), but then he got ‘Me Tooed’, and disappeared for a while.

This movie, which he wrote and directed, is good. It doesn’t quite hit the high notes of being a great comedy, or a great drama, but kind of straddles the middle road of being humorous, and undemanding. It definitely has a comment to make on the kind of society we live in, where ultra wealthy people have more than they’ll ever need, for doing surprisingly little, compared to the hardworking masses who barely survive, despite working very hard.

It delivers this social commentary in a gentle, amusing way, using the tried and tested ‘life swap’ device that many movies have used before, and also adds the novelty of an Angel trying to get his wings in helping (or not helping) the situation.

The cast all do well, and Keanu Reeves is great at (seemingly) just being himself, which is more than enough to make his character appealing!

Of course, the film can’t exactly advocate for societal change, or the end of capitalism, so the conclusion is pretty disappointing (rich people should just be more generous), but this film doesn’t really set out to solve society’s problems, only those of the characters involved, and it does achieve that.

It’s decent. Not quite as good as some of the episodes of ‘Master of None’, but you know what you’re going to get, and it doesn’t disappoint.

Worth watching.