Movie Review: "Good Fortune"
"Good Fortune" feels like a throwback to American comedy in the 1980s, when body-swap fantasies were more common.
One can read or listen to any number of books and podcasts addressing the inequities of the gig economy, income inequality and the burbling resentments of the working class.
But movies are still the most populist, direct medium to communicate ideas like this, as is indicated by Aziz Ansari’s feature debut as writer and director.
"Good Fortune" is nothing if not a clear-eyed parable about the winners and losers of late-stage capitalism; Ansari tackles them with a first-time filmmaker’s earnestness.
The messaging can feel like a hammer at times, but in our current economy of nails, the bluntness feels right.
Author's summary: Review of "Good Fortune" movie.
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