Overview

• The film premiered September 6 at Toronto with generally positive reviews, including a new Variety write-up praising its timely social critique and Reeves’s comic performance.
• Reviewers emphasize a working-class lens on the gig economy, income inequality, union organizing and AI, framed through a magical‑realist life-swap setup.
• Collider reports a 79% Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score following the festival debut, signaling favorable early reception.
• Lionsgate will release the movie in theaters October 17, with PVR INOX set to handle the same-date rollout in India.
• Ansari writes, directs, produces and stars alongside Reeves, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh, as publicity includes an Esquire roundtable and early chatter hinting at a possible sequel.