A well-meaning but rather inept angel (named Gabriel of course) meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy venture capitalist.
Working-class LA film professional Arj (Aziz Ansari) is coping with miserable hardship, constantly searching for purpose and happiness. His luck changes when he is hired by Jeff (Seth Rogen), a venture capitalist residing in a luxurious Hollywood Hills mansion. Unbeknownst to Arj, he is being watched by Gabriel (Keanu Reeves), an angel who dreams of bigger things, as his current job is to save people from texting-and-driving accidents. Gabriel engineers a life swap between Arj and Jeff to prove to Arj that the high life is not all it seems… but the trial doesn’t go quite as the angel had hoped. This film may be about economic inequality, and the way in which friends, love and togetherness beget the hope that gives life meaning. But what makes it really work, and indeed succeed as a very funny comedy, is Reeves’ charmingly loopy “budget guardian angel”.
USA 2025 Good Fortune 98m
