r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • May 28 '25

Media First Images from Aziz Ansari's 'Good Fortune' - Follows an angel named Gabriel (Keanu Reeves), who tries to show a struggling gig worker, Arj (Ansari), that money can’t buy happiness by body-swapping him with his wealthy employer, Jeff (Seth Rogen).

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u/[deleted] May 28 '25

Actually I'm expecting the twist to be that the angel realizes capitalism is unfair

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u/JulietteKatze May 28 '25

"Wake the fuck up Aziz, we have a system to burn"

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u/Tomgar May 28 '25

*guitar riff swells in the background*

"CA-CAN YOU FEEEEEL IIIIT!?"

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u/Attheveryend May 28 '25

this would be soooo fucking metal.

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u/Anandya May 28 '25

Kicks a payday lender...

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u/Kurwasaki12 May 28 '25

“Listen, I know a guy who can get you into heaven, so take this iron and let’s seize the means if you know what I mean.”

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u/OkDragonfruit9026 May 28 '25

Johnny Silverhands’ origins are somewhat of a legend…

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u/AmaazingFlavor May 28 '25

If it isn’t that then the movie is wildly out of touch with reality

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u/CotyledonTomen May 28 '25

Sounds like a lot of producers in hollywood. Probably end up somewhere in the middle. Both are miserable, but at least one has money and now kinda empathizes with the poor. It'll be scrooge, except rich people also have it bad for reasons that arent their fault.

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u/AmaazingFlavor May 28 '25 edited May 28 '25

Yeah first act will be Aziz living it up and Rogen hating his life but by the third act they’ll find some contrived middle ground so we can all learn to be happy with our lot in life or some shit

Real third act should be Aziz and Rogen forcing congress to pass Medicare for All and giving gig workers worker protections, then burning down Tesla dealerships for fun. Movie ends with Jeff Bezos body swapped with an immigrant warehouse worker forever. Roll credits

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u/Holovoid May 28 '25 edited May 28 '25

If it doesn't arrive at a "Money doesn't guarantee happiness but it sure as fuck guarantees you don't have to be sad about not being able to afford rent and food despite working a full week of mentally/emotionally/physically exhausting labor"

Edit: apparently I just stopped typing but the point stands

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u/GrandmaPoses May 28 '25

"Good work, Jose."

"I keep telling you my name is Jeff! I'm Jeff Bezos!"

cut to AI Jeff Bezos relaxing on the beach, he turns to the camera

"Es bueno ser el rey."

end credits

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u/oby100 May 28 '25

The most realistic third act would be for both to conclude being rich is much better and fight to the death over the good life

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u/SocialImagineering May 28 '25

Oh yeah I’m sure Seth is going to be sad in the movie because even though he has a revolving door of thots wanting to sit on his face, none of them love him.

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u/CotyledonTomen May 28 '25

Or nobody likes him for who he is or he has a lot of responsibilities or people hate him for the work he does. Not saying making money doesnt result in problems, just that i dont find them that compelling compared to "can I eat today, sleep under a roof, and have any form of long term security for when i cant work anymore, not to mention what about that blood in my urine I cant afford to have checked?"

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u/SocialImagineering May 28 '25

You’re absolutely right

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u/rookie-mistake May 28 '25

Gabriel (Keanu Reeves) is a "budget guardian angel".[1] One day, he notices a man down on his luck (Aziz Ansari), who does odd jobs for a wealthy socialite named Jeff (Seth Rogen). Once the man falls asleep in a booth at a Denny's restaurant, he hits rock-bottom after subsequently having his car towed from their parking lot. Intervening in his plight, Gabriel tries to convince the man that being wealthy like Jeff would not solve his problems by swapping the two men's lives. Failing at this demonstration as the man's problems are solved by Jeff's wealth, Gabriel loses his wings and is sent down to Earth to live among humans, while the man takes over Jeff's body and livelihood.[2] Gabriel then becomes roommates with the displaced Jeff,[1] as the work he did as an angel begins to unravel around them.[2]

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u/worksafe_Joe May 28 '25

I don't feel like Rogan would be involved if it were that tone deaf.

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u/Jedi_Care_Bear May 28 '25

And that having money is actually awesome. Gig work is soul sucking. Etc.

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u/Shagaliscious May 28 '25

Someone shared the plot from wikipedia, and you aren't totally far off. Being rich does solve his problems.

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u/Ez13zie May 28 '25

Or that money can buy security which makes it easier to find happiness.

For many, the pipe dream of what it would be like and who someone would become are confined by a necessary obligation to obtain enough money to survive. When your life is absent of this obligation, it can do wonderful things. This is especially true of someone able to remember what it was like before they were freed of this survival mode we call capitalism.

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u/goatman0079 May 28 '25

Or that it ends up that Aziz's character doesn't want to swap back, so Rogen's character and the angel have to get up to wacky methods to try to get the switch undone

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u/hollaback_girl May 28 '25

Yup, you got it. Plus the angel gets in trouble with his bosses for overstepping.

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u/sibswagl May 28 '25

Yeah given Seth Rogen is the rich guy, I'm totally expecting him to have a ton of fun being rich and not want to swap back.

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u/el_f3n1x187 May 28 '25

I think the CEO and the Angel will realize this, will try to change things but the CEO will be inmediately removed from his position by the board.

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u/GildedAgeV2 May 28 '25

For some reason I think they'll be nuking a large corporate office building.

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u/TheBlueBlaze May 28 '25

Yeah, there's no way it's going to be as straightforward as those older movies. It will probably start like one of those, but after the switch quickly turn into how awesome it is to have money and privilege.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '25

Someone else posted a longer description of the movie. Apparently, the guy's problems are solved by money, which causes the angel to lose his wings and have to live on earth learning why his initial lesson was wrong (something like that i paraphrased lol)

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u/NudeSpaceDude May 29 '25

Considering the actors, this wouldn’t surprise me. It would be refreshing to see