Arj (Aziz Ansari) is just about making ends meet in the gig economy by doing odd jobs and deliveries. When he meets the incredibly rich Venture Capitalist Jeff (Seth Rogen) via one of those jobs he lands himself what he believes to be a slightly more stable job as an assistant. But when things do not pan out as hoped a rather inept Angel named Gabriel (Keanu Reeves) oversteps his bounds and swaps Arj and Jeff’s lives so they can see how the other lives. 

Good Fortune is a bit of a mash up of Freaky Friday and It’s a Wonderful Life. A body swap comedy that is about trying to show a despairing person that their life is much better than they give themselves credit for. The joke of course is that money does in fact make things much easier and Arj has very little interest in giving up his new found life. 

The central trio of characters are actually all really likeable and go on their own interesting paths. Arj of course slowly learns that there are things that money cannot buy. Jeff learns that perhaps profit at the cost of everything else is not the way people should be making their money. But most interestingly Gabriel learns what being human is actually like after years of simply observing them. 

There is of course the rather moral message about the gig economy and the need for workers’ rights. Something I am sure probably falls flat in more conservative parts of the world but seems like preaching to the converted for this reviewer. Perhaps the fact that it is not as preachy as the likes of Nomadland and wrapped in a comedy might allow its message to reach audiences. 

The result is a rather amiable and likeable film that is just… fine. There are no fireworks to laud and there are no brickbats to aim in a film that will entertain but perhaps not lodge in the memory.