Outcome (now streaming on Apple TV+) finds star Keanu Reeves and co-star/director/writer Jonah Hill toying with their personae and the complicated Hollywood business in which they work. In telling this story about a superstar actor trying to squash the release of a potentially career-killing video, Hill may be addressing his brush with cancel culture (an ex accused him of emotional abuse). Meanwhile, Reeves riffs on his Nicest Guy in Hollywood status by playing the aforementioned actor, who’s atoning for decades of nasty behavior. While the film has the potential to be an insightful satire, it comes off primarily as a flimsy, confused and unsatisfying parade of star cameos passing for a dramedy.
OUTCOME: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
The Gist: Reef Hawk (Reeves) was a beyond-precocious child. We meet him as a fatally bowl-cutted boy doing a big-showbiz song-and-dance routine on The Tonight Show, then jump to the present day,
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