Decent message, wrong messenger. Good Fortune attempts to preach about how the current economy induces hopelessness and misery for an increasing amount of people, but undermines this messaging by perpetuating the need for satisfaction within the current status quo. Even with the union storyline and the employee-staged walkout at the end, it stops short of actually suggesting any real systemic implications. I particularly was unimpressed by Jeff’s preachy plea to the Foodzr board, as it felt like moral posturing from those disconnected from said struggles. Narrative-wise, it meshes together several different stories in which they swap lives and realize not all is what was meant to be. By introducing this structural clutter, it dilutes the potency of the story and makes it difficult to follow. There are some nice moments and some funny moments though: Keanu Reeves’ character as he experiences the human experience for the first time is genuinely charming, and some of the conversations about their struggles and dreams are very relatable. However, the embedded pathos itself does present itself sporadically in a ham-fisted way in both dialogue and plot.
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