Good concept, poorly executed.

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Came to film expecting similar content to Key & Peele standup. Jokes were much thinner on the ground. Plot a bit crazy to take too seriously. Romantic interest being a police officer made no sense (-1) but them going to jail anyway was a nice twist (+1).Rewatch from when I first watched it in Denver, Colorado.

Showcasing the gulf that often exists between making the jump from skit comedy and online fame to feature length films, American comedy superstars Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key have for their first venture into original Hollywood filmmaking (released direct to disc here in Australia) failed to make cat centred comedy Keanu a film of note.Continuing on a rather unfortunate trend of recent comedies that just aren't actually that funny and are often overly violent and mean spirited, Keanu initially begins as something likely to be adored by cult comedy fans (eg; those that like their Grandma Boy and Idiocracy) as the adorable kitten Keanu takes up home with Peele's down on his luck Rell, but once poor old Keanu finds himself kidnapped (kitnapped?) by Method Man's gangster Chedar, things within Key and Peele's adventure quickly take a downward spiral of unfunny and overlong events.Quiet funny in small doses, as their fame and many smart skits attest to, Key and Peele struggle to make the most of their undoubted chemistry as their mild mannered cousins take a step up as a pair of fake super hit-man/drug slingers and the two take a potentially funny if done correctly idea of these two everyday man impersonating people their not too far which extends to annoying put upon accents, George Michael fandom and a seriously odd scene involving Anna Farris.Key and Peele's performances here pose a large question mark over whether or not they can transition into fully fledged movie stars as it seems smaller doses rather than large doses of the two offer up more potential for them to make their particular brand of comedy tick over into feature length ventures.Flirting at times with making something of its potentially hilarious premise, Keanu showcases snippets of genuine comedic gold but it's often lost in amongst a story line that struggles to maintain momentum and ends up in rather uninteresting territory from the random possibilities it initially proposed.Likely to be loved by the fans that can't get enough of Key and Peele and for those that loves seriously cute kittens, Keanu is a disappointing culmination for Key and Peele after a number of years making their mark with much funnier skits.2 do-rag wearing kittens out of 5

A promising film considering the talent involved however it falls short. Still worth watching for a few laughs here and there. I just feel that if Key and Peele directed this, it would have been funnier. Anyway, the movie is about two friends who go undercover into the ghetto in order to save their pet cat, hilariously named Keanu.. which means cool breeze in Hawaiian. So yeah, the concept behind the movie are right up Key and Peele's wheelhouse. But honestly this film should have been better. I would blame the director but now that I think about it, frankly the writing is lacking the comedic punch needed to make this a classic comedy, which it should have been.

I feel I should first confess that before sitting down to watch this movie, I had seen very little of the comedy team of Key and Peele. Though the little I had seen of them showed the duo had charm and amusing humor. And "Keanu" proved to be a good showcase of showing the two's talents. Actually, I didn't laugh out loud too many times while watching the movie (though there ARE some genuine laughs here and there), but the movie's constant amusing tone did leave me with a smile on my lips throughout. And while the movie does definitely earn an "R" rating, director Peter Atencio directs all this adult material in a way that doesn't feel heavy handed or raunchy at all, instead giving it a surprisingly agreeable tone. The movie is to a degree kind of predictable (I early on guessed what the "deus ex machina" twist that happened near the end would be), and there are a few plot points that are kind of unclear (like how the hit men in the opening scene of the movie escaped from the cops). But the movie as a whole is pleasant to watch.Oh, and the kitten is indeed cute.