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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.
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Contemporary, classical in form, comic and intimate.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Oct 20257/10
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 bo
Read the whole review on TMDB - Sierbahnnon TMDB · Jun 20266/10
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.
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Cast
- Keanu ReevesGabriel
- Aziz AnsariArj / Delivery Robots (voice)
- Seth RogenJeff
- Keke PalmerElena
- Sandra OhMartha
- Sherry ColaLinda
- Stephen McKinley HendersonAzrael
- Blanca AraceliRosa
- Joe MandeJoe
- Aditya GeddadaNavid
Crew
- Aziz AnsariDirector
- Aziz AnsariWriter
- Adam Newport-BerraDirector of Photography
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Anthony KatagasProducer
- Aziz AnsariProducer
- Alan YangProducer
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