Keanu (2016)(FULL MOVIE)

Keanu (2016)  100 min   -   Comedy   7/10  Metascore: 63/100 (33 reviews) Story-LINE  Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen kitten by posing as drug dealers for a street gang. Director:  Peter Atencio Stars:  Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Tiffany Haddish, Method Man. Movie Reviews 63 Metascore Based on 33 critic reviews 100 Hitfix 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. 70 The Hollywood Reporter John DeFore This may not be adequate compensation for the end of their series, which gave them so many more opportunities to try on new personalities and take one-gag ideas for a spin. But it will delight the show's fans while winning over others unlucky enough never to have seen it. 67 indieWIRE Eric Kohn Wildly entertaining in parts, Keanu overstays its welcome and just keeps going, showing the growing pains of sketch comedy drawn out to epic proportions. 67 Austin Chronicle Steve Davis With its unconventional take on pet sounds, Keanu is refreshingly silly, an unabashed mix of humor and violence topped off by a big dollop of cuteness. 67 Tampa Bay Times Steve Persall Keanu is raucous enough to satisfy the Hangover crowd, yet when compared to Key and Peele's trenchant tomfoolery on television, it needs focused anger, funnier tension. Or perhaps simply more kitty cat. 63 Movie Nation Roger Moore It's wildly uneven, rather like their TV series... And it is wincingly violent, with some of the John Woo-style slo-mo shootouts going on too long and spilling too much blood. But the chemistry is still there, the banter between the bald, bug-eyed, high-maintenance metrosexual Keegan Michael Key and the slow-burning Peele still zings. 63 USA Today Brian Truitt It's a sketch-type conceit stretched to movie length that wears thin at times. When the stars are on their game, though, they keep the laughs coming. 50 The Playlist Charlie Schmidlin After five incredible seasons of “Key & Peele” skewering black masculinity in its various forms, the duo here settle for an uninspired riff on Los Angeles gang culture, stringing together fish-out-of-water vignettes by using a stray kitten as thread. 40 Variety Justin Chang An initially amusing but fatally overstretched action-comedy that marks a lamer-than-expected big-screen outing for Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. 40 The Guardian Nigel M Smith If there was a strong enough story to latch the jokes on to, Keanu might have worked. As it stands, it reeks of a grossly underdeveloped sketch extended to feature length.