Why is “Good Fortune” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “language and some drug use.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes several kissing scenes, some flirting and suggestive remarks, a man being shot in the arm, several near car accidents, discussions of angels, discussions of living the good life, discussions of giving up on life and life being a struggle, several arguments, and nearly 30 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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An angel (Keanu Reeves) longing to help a lost soul tries to intervene in a struggling man’s (Aziz Ansari) life by exchanging his life with that of a very wealthy venture capitalist (Seth Rogen). The consequences are unexpected. Also with Blanca Araceli, Keke Palmer, Shoukath Ansari, Sandra Oh and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Directed by Aziz Ansari. [Running Time: 1:38]

Good Fortune SEX/NUDITY 2

 – A man and a woman kiss after a date. A man and a woman kiss at a party.
► A man and a woman flirt and have dinner at a restaurant. A man asks a woman if she can go to Paris with him the next day and she says that she cannot; he becomes upset. A woman makes a couple of sexually suggestive remarks to and about a man. A woman says that a man is “hot.”
► Two men lie in bed together; one lies on top of the covers fully clothed and the other lies under the covers wearing a T-shirt and boxers. Men and women dance together at a party.
► People wear swimsuits at a pool party and women’s bikinis reveal cleavage, bare abdomens, backs and legs to the hips and men’s swim trunks reveal bare chests, abdomens and legs. A man is shown wearing swim trunks as he goes from a sauna into a cold tub of water several times (we see his bare chest, abdomen, back and legs to the thighs). Women wear low-cut dresses that reveal cleavage and bare shoulders.

Good Fortune VIOLENCE/GORE 3

 – A man shoots another man in the arm (we see a bloody spot on his sleeve) and the two men argue and yell at each other.
► A man with angel wings sits in the backseat of cars and taps on the drivers’ shoulders when they are about to have an accident while texting and driving; the vehicles stop short of hitting other cars or pedestrians. A man hyperventilates and collapses at a party; people ask if he is dead (he is not). An angel’s boss removes his wings when he breaks the rules and he is later let go; he must then live a regular human life.
► A man with a set of angel wings and standing on a roof and highway overpass watches people as they move through life; one man seems in a desperate state about his life and feeling like a failure. Several angels are gathered on a roof and we see that they have specialties, like accident prevention, and one talks about hoping that he showed a man that his life was worth living. A man shows another man that he has a gun in a safe in his home and shows him the combination.
► We hear that a woman backed into a telephone pole (she is unharmed). An angel shows a man his life path: we see that he moves away, cannot afford to pay for his dog’s surgery and they have to put the dog to sleep and the man becomes upset. We hear that a man had a car accident and is in the hospital in a coma; he wakes up later and complains of memory loss. A man accuses another man of stealing his life. A man recommends an expensive restaurant to another man and fires the man when he uses his company credit card to pay for it. A man becomes upset when a woman says that she cannot go to Paris with him and talks about her responsibilities in a demeaning way; the woman leaves. People talk about hacking into computer files.
► A man writes a text saying that he is ready to give up on his life. A man’s father talks about a relative’s success and that he might be able to get the man a job (the man is frustrated). Two men talk about a deal with a company with a high carbon footprint. A young boy asks a man about why he is doing the job he is doing and the man describes the potential lack of success for certain careers including the one that the child wants to pursue and the child cries. A man says, “I hate my life.” A man says, “The American dream is dead.” A man says, “Nothing ever changes.” A man calls a car “The Widowmaker.” A woman tries to rally support among staff for unionizing at a hardware store and the vote fails. A man asks an angel if he can fly and the angel says that he can’t because his wings are too small; the man says, “It’s not the size of the wings” and the angel says, “Actually, it is.” After being fired, an angel feels hungry for the first time but is nervous about chewing and swallowing food, and complains about sweating. A taco on a plate folds in half and levitates off the plate.
► A man backs his car into a parked car setting off the alarm and we see damage on the bumper. A man’s car is towed because of unpaid parking tickets in a couple of scenes. A man sleeps in his car in a store parking lot and a security guard tells him to leave. A man does errands and tasks for people for pay; he stands in line for food orders, folds laundry, builds furniture, etc. A man talks about not sleeping. A man confronts people about using his body wash.
► A man goes to a blood bank to donate plasma for money; he vomits when he leaves the building (we see goo). A man takes Ayahuasca in a room with other people and vomits into a bucket (we see goo). People talk about using bottles to urinate while driving delivery trucks.

Good Fortune LANGUAGE 7

 – About 28 F-words and its derivatives, 2 obscene hand gestures, 2 sexual references, 25 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, 7 mild obscenities, name-calling (magician, annoying, weird, superficial, waste of time, budget guardian angel, sweetheart, miserable, angry, bad boy, sick, Mr. Mogul, very unhelpful), exclamations (sucks, oh no, shucks, this is too hard, oh man, tough it out, wow, I’m a big boy, eat the rich), 3 religious profanities (GD), 8 religious exclamations (e.g. Holy [F-word deleted], Holy [scatological term deleted], for Christ’s sake, oh my God, God forbid, a man asks an angel to talk to God, smite him). | profanity glossary |

Good Fortune SUBSTANCE USE

 – A man talks about wanting to hire a Shaman to help him on an Ayahuasca journey, and a man eats several pieces of chocolate laced with psychoactive mushrooms. A man drinks a glass of wine, people drink champagne at a pool party, people drink at a party, a man drinks liquor from a bottle while sitting in a parking lot, a man and a woman drink glasses of wine in a restaurant, and a man and a woman drink wine on a balcony. A man smokes cigarettes outside a restaurant in a few scenes.

Good Fortune DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – The value of life, bad luck, adversity, texting and driving, feeling like a failure, initiative, AI, suicide, luck, higher education, empathy, the unhoused, panic attacks.

Good Fortune MESSAGE

 – Keep your dreams alive.