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- 2016
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
- 2016
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Clarence and Rell (Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele) are cousins who live in the city but are far from streetwise. When Rell’s beloved kitten, Keanu, is catnapped, the hopelessly straight-laced pair must impersonate ruthless killers in order to infiltrate a street gang and retrieve the purloined feline. But the incredibly adorable kit...
Directed By: Peter Atencio
Written By: Alex Rubens
- 2016
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
- 2016
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
Keanu
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6.3
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Summary Clarence and Rell (Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele) are cousins who live in the city but are far from streetwise. When Rell’s beloved kitten, Keanu, is catnapped, the hopelessly straight-laced pair must impersonate ruthless killers in order to infiltrate a street gang and retrieve the purloined feline. But the incredibly adorable kit...
Directed By: Peter Atencio
Written By: Alex Rubens
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
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74% Positive
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26% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
63
74% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
26% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
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Visceral action (including an opening sequence that masterfully sets the tone for the rest of the film); a sharply written and directed script; rich, dynamic characters; and, as promised, the world’s cutest cat (other than yours if you have one) combine to create a gut-busting, endearing, salty-sweet, and highly re-watchable comedy.
Key and Peele’s fast-talking chemistry, as they shift their language instantly from suburbanite to street (a theme in many of their sketches), make Clarence and Rell’s transformation into bellowing, gun-wielding tough guys and back again feel fresh and often very funny.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 160 User Ratings
6.3
51% Positive
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
36% Mixed
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
13% Negative
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21 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 160 User Ratings
6.3
51% Positive
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
36% Mixed
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
13% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
It's a fun generic comedy film with a generic plot but because of the characters and the how stupid the premise is makes the film good but not great. Definitely a go see!
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If you like Key & Peele. This is the most funniest movie you will see this year. If you are okay with Key & Peele then this will still be the most funniest movie you will see. If you dont like Key & Peele, this movie might not be for you, but then comedy might not be for you either :P
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The real surprise is not that the high-strung Key and grounded Peele have rapport – their sketches demonstrate that – but that it can be used to anchor a full-length comedy.
The film is a one-joke comedy, but the joke is decent, and it helps that the actors know how to deliver it.
The movie is hit-and-miss in an unusually clear-cut way. It's funny for 45-50 minutes. Then it's strained and abrasive and entirely too devoted to action-movie tropes for 45-50 minutes, minus end credits. I can recommend the first half.
It’s ironic, but Keanu might be a better movie if it was more like TV: 90 plotless minutes of Key and Peele just goofing around on the mean streets might’ve been something really special.
An initially amusing but fatally overstretched action-comedy that marks a lamer-than-expected big-screen outing for Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.
Laughed the whole time. They're the best. Still really upset they stopped making their show. Also, found myself watching Keanu Reeves movies afterwards.
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So a movie about a cat. No. It seems that ethnicity and race has always been a source of income and inspiration for Jordan Peele and as much as Get Out was a bore Keanu, despite being on the polar opposite end of genres, doesn't provide an exception to this.
Funny animals deserve to remain on poorly edited YouTube clips or washed up daytime home video TV shows, not made into a film. Similarly the jokes were out of place, in fact they were out of sight, this film failed to make me laugh a single time. Too often the genre of comedy is seen as a free pass to botch a script, story and frankly the film industry, Keanu being a fine example of all of these. I wish some respect was shown to the craft here but like the films point all was lacking. Poor Tiffany Haddish, a promising upcoming comedic actress, is being hindered by recent films such as this and night school. Granted Tiffany managed to create a likeable character you could cling on to in order to survive the 1.5 hours. As a person who likes to laugh with and not at, I have made an observation through watching many failed comedy films is that being loud, frantic and annoying doesn't translate to comedy. Isn't that right Kevin Hart.
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Production Company
Artists First,
Monkeypaw Productions,
New Line Cinema,
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Release Date Apr 29, 2016
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Tagline Wait 'til you get a load of meow.
Website
http://keanumovie.com/#/
Awards
All Def Movie Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 2 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 2 Nominations