Name : Calvin Wilson / Alias : St. Louis Post-Dispatch
At its best, "Keanu" is reminiscent of Woody Allen's early, funny films such as "Take the Money and Run" and "Bananas," which were also uneven but frequently hilarious.

Name : Justin Chang / Alias : Variety
An initially amusing but fatally overstretched action-comedy that marks a lamer-than-expected big-screen outing for Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele following the conclusion last year of their frequently brilliant cable series.

Name : Peter Howell / Alias : Toronto Star
This scenario allows free rein for patented Key and Peele riffing on race, rap and drug stereotypes while also freestyling on pop-cult obsessions .

Name : Molly Eichel / Alias : Philadelphia Inquirer
Keanu doesn't go far enough. Key & Peele was searing and incisive about race and American culture, and Keanu doesn't even scratch the surface.

Name : Kerry Lengel / Alias : Arizona Republic
The comic momentum never quite grinds to a halt, and even if the occasional attempts at genuine pathos come up short, "Keanu" is still an entertaining extension of the "Key & Peele" aesthetic.

Name : Preston Jones / Alias : Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Pitched as a sort of film Hollywood struggles to make in an age of endless sequels and franchise-building, Keanu draws upon a deep well of satire and dry wit, exploring race and gender in ways most blockbusters avoid altogether.

Name : Brian Truitt / Alias : USA Today
Putting a tiny kitten in an action film sounds like a bonkers idea. That is, until you see the bizarrely wonderful sight of a tiny kitten in an action film.

Name : Moira MacDonald / Alias : Seattle Times
Give that kitty an Oscar, right now. And then send him to my doorstep.

Name : Sara Stewart / Alias : New York Post
Yes, it's basically a really long "Key & Peele" sketch, but if you were a fan of that show, this will be welcome news - and if you weren't, well, "Keanu" is a reasonably good introduction .

Name : Manohla Dargis / Alias : New York Times
As the genre machinery chugs along, the bang-bang begins to overwhelm the movie, and the underlying critique gives way to a what-me-worry shrug.

Name : Scott Tobias / Alias : NPR
Key and Peele have such a sensationally giddy chemistry together that the film's raggedness plays, in their hands, like a kind of spontaneity.

Name : J. R. Jones / Alias : Chicago Reader
The incongruity between their white-bread delivery and the bad guys' jive generates a few laughs, but not enough to salvage this thing.

Name : Liz Braun / Alias : Toronto Sun
It's a credit to the chemistry and charisma of Key and Peele that the movie works at all.

Name : John DeFore / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
It will delight the show's fans while winning over others unlucky enough never to have seen [Key & Peele].

Name : Michael Phillips / Alias : Chicago Tribune
You can't force comic chemistry, in case you hadn't noticed. You can, however, make the mistake of forcing your stars into settling for weaker material than they deserve.

Name : Ty Burr / Alias : Boston Globe
If you're in the right mood and seeing it with the right crowd, "Keanu" can put you close to a giggle coma, even as you realize the material's far beneath the talents of its stars.

Name : Edward Douglas / Alias : New York Daily News
Maybe Keanu would have been stronger in the hands of a more experienced director, but Key and Peele know how to deliver the laughs and killer chemistry.