Good Fortune (2025)

Directed by

Aziz Ansari

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 677 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An angel named Gabriel tries to show a struggling man named Arj that money does not solve problems. He swaps Arj's life with his wealthy boss Jeff but loses his wings and creates chaos.

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What happens

Good Fortune is a 2025 American comedy film written and directed by Aziz Ansari in his feature directorial debut. Seth Rogen, Ansari, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh and Keanu Reeves star in the film. It is produced by Garam Films, Oh Brudder Productions, Keep Your Head, and Yang Pictures. It follows an angel named Gabriel (Reeves), whose failed attempt to show Arj (Ansari), a struggling man, that money does not solve one's problems—by swapping the lives of him with his wealthy employer Jeff (Rogen)—results in Gabriel losing his wings, while the work he did as an angel begins to unravel around them. After the suspension of his original directorial debut Being Mortal at Searchlight Pictures in 2022, Ansari moved forward with plans to direct Good Fortune. He wanted to make a comedy to be released in theaters, citing the success of Barbie (2023) as proof of the viability of such a project. Ansari's longtime friend Rogen, who inspired several elements of the film, joined shortly after Being Mortal was shelved. The film was set to begin principal photography in May 2023, but due to a production shutdown in the middle of the month due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, filming started in late January 2024 in Los Angeles, when Palmer joined the cast. The majority of filming wrapped before April 2024, with some scenes picked up later after an injury Reeves sustained two weeks into filming had healed. Good Fortune premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, and was released in the United States on October 17, 2025 by Lionsgate. The film received generally favorable reviews from critics and earned $26 million at the box office against a budget of $30 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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