Editing Keanu Reeves (section)

===2005–2013: Thrillers, documentaries and directorial debut===
[[File:Keanu Reeves (Berlin Film Festival 2009) 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Reeves at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] in 2009|alt=Reeves, dressed in a grey suit, waving to the crowd at the Berlin Film Festival, February 2009]]

In 2005, Reeves played the [[Title character|title role]] in ''[[Constantine (film)|Constantine]]'', an [[Occult detective fiction|occult detective]] film, about a man who has the ability to perceive and communicate with half-angels and half-demons. The film was a respectable box office hit, grossing $230&nbsp;million worldwide from a $100&nbsp;million budget but attracted mixed-to-positive reviews.<ref>{{Citation|title=Constantine (2005)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/constantine|work=Rotten Tomatoes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226085905/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/constantine|language=en|access-date=April 14, 2020|archive-date=December 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''{{'}}s critic wrote that "''Constantine'' isn't bad, but it doesn't deserve any imposing adjectives. It's occasionally cheesy, sometimes enjoyable, intermittently scary, and constantly spiked with celestial blatherskite".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moses|first=Alexa|date=October 4, 2005|title=Constantine|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/constantine-20051004-gdm6w0.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027180121/https://fls-na.amazon.com/1/batch/1/OE/|archive-date=October 27, 2020|access-date=April 14, 2020|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> He next appeared in ''[[Thumbsucker (film)|Thumbsucker]]'', which premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/movies/a-teenager-with-an-embarrassing-habit-finds-transformation-through.html|title=A Teenager With an Embarrassing Habit Finds Transformation Through Ritalin|last=Scott|first=A.O.|date=September 16, 2005|website=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824135147/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/movies/a-teenager-with-an-embarrassing-habit-finds-transformation-through.html|archive-date=August 24, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref> A comedy adapted from the 1999 [[Walter Kirn]] [[Thumbsucker (novel)|novel of the same name]], the story follows a boy with a [[Thumb sucking|thumb-sucking]] problem. Reeves and the cast garnered positive critical reviews, with ''The Washington Post'' describing it as "a gently stirring symphony about emotional transition filled with lovely musical passages and softly nuanced performances".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Thomson|first=Desson|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/29/AR2005092900592.html|title=Delightful Dysfunction|date=September 30, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 14, 2020|url-status=live|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207231851/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/29/AR2005092900592.html|archive-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>

Reeves appeared in the [[Richard Linklater]]-directed animated science fiction thriller ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'', which premiered at the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4360368/year/2006.html|title=Festival de Cannes – From 15 to 26 May 2013|date=October 11, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011204250/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4360368/year/2006.html|archive-date=October 11, 2012|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> Reeves played Bob Arctor/Fred, an undercover agent in a futuristic [[dystopia]] under high-tech police [[surveillance]]. Based on the [[A Scanner Darkly|novel of the same name]] by [[Philip K. Dick]], the film was a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4184835585/|title=A Scanner Darkly|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130060734/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4184835585/|archive-date=January 30, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the film attracted generally favourable reviews; Paul Arendt of the BBC thought the film was "beautiful to watch", but Reeves was outshone by his co-star [[Robert Downey Jr.|Robert Downey Jr]].<ref>{{Citation|title=A Scanner Darkly (2006)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scanner_darkly|work=Rotten Tomatoes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310054824/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scanner_darkly/|language=en|access-date=April 14, 2020|archive-date=March 10, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/08/08/a_scanner_darkly_2006_review.shtml|title=BBC – Movies – review – A Scanner Darkly|last=Arendt|first=Paul|date=August 17, 2006|website=www.bbc.co.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919063455/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/08/08/a_scanner_darkly_2006_review.shtml|archive-date=September 19, 2019|access-date=April 14, 2020}}</ref> His next role was Alex Wyler in ''[[The Lake House (film)|The Lake House]]'' (2006), a romantic drama adaptation of the [[South Korean language|South Korean]] film ''[[Il Mare]]'' (2000), which reunited him with Sandra Bullock. Despite its box office success,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lake House|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lakehouse.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009023715/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lakehouse.htm|archive-date=October 9, 2014|access-date=October 25, 2014|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> [[Mark Kermode]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' was highly critical, writing "this syrup-drenched supernatural whimsy achieves stupidity at a genuinely international level&nbsp;[...] The last time Bullock and Reeves were together on screen the result was ''Speed''. This should have been entitled Stop".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kermode|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Kermode|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jun/25/keanureeves.romance|title=The Lake House|date=June 25, 2006|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 14, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206215045/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jun/25/keanureeves.romance|archive-date=December 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Towards the end of 2006, he co-narrated ''[[The Great Warming]]'' with [[Alanis Morissette]], a documentary about [[climate change mitigation]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kern|first=Laura|date=November 3, 2006|title=A Straightforward Look at Our Changing World|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/movies/03warm.html|access-date=July 23, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130181931/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/movies/03warm.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Next in 2008, Reeves collaborated with director [[David Ayer]] on the crime thriller ''[[Street Kings]]''. He played an undercover policeman who must clear his name after the death of another officer. Released on April 11, the film grossed a moderate $66&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0421073/?ref_=bo_rl_ti|title=Street Kings|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624191647/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0421073/?ref_=bo_rl_ti|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's plot and Reeves' performance, however, were met with mostly unenthusiastic reviews. Paul Byrnes of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' stated, "It's full of twists and turns, a dead body in every reel, but it's not difficult to work out who's betraying whom, and that's just not good enough".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/street-kings-20080417-gds9x2.html|title=Street Kings|last=Byrnes|first=Paul|date=April 17, 2008|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417181252/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/street-kings-20080417-gds9x2.html|archive-date=April 17, 2019|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' opined that "Reeves is fundamentally blank and uninteresting".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/apr/18/drama.thriller1|title=Street Kings|date=April 17, 2008|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 18, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223162022/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/apr/18/drama.thriller1|archive-date=December 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Reeves starred in another science fiction film, ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', a loose adaptation of the [[The Day the Earth Stood Still|1951 film of the same name]]. He portrayed [[Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still)|Klaatu]], an alien sent from outer space to try to change human behaviour or eradicate humans because of their [[Environmental degradation|environmental impact]]. At the 2009 [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzie Awards]], the film was nominated for [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel|Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=WELT|url=https://www.welt.de/english-news/article3070137/Golden-Raspberry-Awards-list-of-nominees.html|title=2009 Razzies : Golden Raspberry Awards list of nominees|date=January 22, 2009|work=[[Die Welt]]|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822104703/http://www.welt.de/english-news/article3070137/Golden-Raspberry-Awards-list-of-nominees.html|archive-date=August 22, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Many critics were unimpressed with the heavy use of special effects; ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' credited Reeves' ability to engage the audience, but thought the cinematography was abysmal and the "sub-[[Al Gore|Al-Gore]] environment lecture leaves you light-headed with tedium".<ref>{{Citation|title=The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/day_the_earth_stood_still|work=Rotten Tomatoes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119150408/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/day_the_earth_stood_still/|language=en|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=November 19, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Robey|first=Tim|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/3709005/The-Day-the-Earth-Stood-Still-and-Dean-Spanley-review.html|title=The Day the Earth Stood Still and Dean Spanley – review|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=December 11, 2008|access-date=April 15, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126181725/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/3709005/The-Day-the-Earth-Stood-Still-and-Dean-Spanley-review.html|archive-date=November 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen, red carpet for Man of Tai Chi (10614803564) (cropped).jpg|alt=Reeves and Tiger Chen, 2013|thumb|left|[[Tiger Chen]] and Reeves at the [[Fantastic Fest]] film festival, 2013]]
[[Rebecca Miller]]'s ''[[The Private Lives of Pippa Lee]]'' was Reeves' sole release of 2009, which premiered at the [[59th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Private Lives of Pippa Lee|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2009/02_programm_2009/02_Filmdatenblatt_2009_20090100.php|work=Film file|access-date=December 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031074626/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2009/02_programm_2009/02_Filmdatenblatt_2009_20090100.php|archive-date=October 31, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The romantic comedy and its [[Ensemble cast|ensemble]] received an amicable review from ''The Telegraph''{{'}}s David Gritten; "Miller's film is a triumph. Uniformly well acted, it boasts a psychologically knowing script, clearly written by a smart, assertive human".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gritten|first=David|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/5787812/The-Private-Lives-of-Pippa-Lee-review.html|title=The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, review|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=September 7, 2009|access-date=April 15, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065748/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/5787812/The-Private-Lives-of-Pippa-Lee-review.html|archive-date=February 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, he starred in another romantic comedy, ''[[Henry's Crime]]'', about a man who is released from prison for a crime he did not commit, but then targets the same bank with his former cellmate. The film was not a box office hit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl458851841/weekend/|title=Henry's Crime|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203055015/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl458851841/weekend/|archive-date=December 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Reeves' only work in 2011 was an adult picture book titled ''Ode to Happiness'', which he wrote, complemented by [[Alexandra Grant]]'s illustrations.<ref name="2011_OdeToHappiness">{{cite book|last1=Reeves|first1=Keanu |title=Ode to Happiness|others=Drawings and book design by Alexandra Grant |date=2011|publisher=[[Steidl|Steidl Publishers]]|isbn=9783869302096|editor1-last=Bergam|editor1-first=Janey|location=Göttingen|oclc=756797130}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13838742|title=Keanu Reeves' Ode to Happiness|work=BBC News|last=Hassan|first=Genevieve|date=June 22, 2011|access-date=December 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414204421/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13838742|archive-date=April 14, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Reeves co-produced and appeared in a 2012 documentary, ''[[Side by Side (2012 film)|Side by Side]]''. He interviewed filmmakers including [[James Cameron]], [[Martin Scorsese]], and [[Christopher Nolan]]; the feature investigated [[Digital cinema|digital]] and [[Photochemistry|photochemical]] film creation.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|date=August 30, 2012|title=Finding Drama in Newfangled Filmmaking|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/movies/side-by-side-with-keanu-reeves-charts-filmmaking-advances.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/movies/side-by-side-with-keanu-reeves-charts-filmmaking-advances.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=July 23, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Next, Reeves starred in ''[[Generation Um...]]'' (2012), an independent drama which was critically panned.<ref>{{Citation|title=Generation Um... (2013)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/generation_um|work=Rotten Tomatoes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225151154/https://rottentomatoes.com/m/generation_um|language=en|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 25, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, Reeves starred in his own directorial debut, the martial arts film ''[[Man of Tai Chi]]''. The film has [[Multilingualism|multilingual]] dialogue and follows a young man drawn to an underground fight club, partially inspired by the life of Reeves' friend [[Tiger Chen]]. Principal photography took place in China and in Hong Kong. Reeves was also assisted by Yuen Woo-ping, the fight choreographer of ''The'' ''Matrix'' films.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ebiri|first=Bilge|date=November 1, 2013|title=Ebiri on Keanu Reeves's Man of Tai Chi: Neo Becomes Agent Smith|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/movie-review-man-of-tai-chi.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413010406/https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/movie-review-man-of-tai-chi.html|archive-date=April 13, 2019|access-date=April 15, 2020|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref> ''Man of Tai Chi'' premiered at the Beijing Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0520/Keanu-Reeves-spent-five-years-on-his-latest-film-Why|title=Keanu Reeves spent five years on his latest film: Why?|last=Davidson|first=Mike|date=May 20, 2013|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907173521/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0520/Keanu-Reeves-spent-five-years-on-his-latest-film-Why|archive-date=September 7, 2014|access-date=June 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-cannes-reeves-idUSBRE94J0RO20130520|title=Keanu Reeves makes director debut with modern Kung Fu film|first=Mike|last=Davidson|date=May 20, 2013|work=Reuters|access-date=December 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211053649/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/entertainment-us-cannes-reeves-idUSBRE94J0RO20130520|archive-date=February 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and received praise from director [[John Woo]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kungfukingdom.com/man-of-tai-chi-movie-review/|title=Man of Tai Chi (2013)|date=April 1, 2014|website=Kung-fu Kingdom|language=en-GB|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328071509/https://kungfukingdom.com/man-of-tai-chi-movie-review/|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> A wider, warm response followed suit; [[Bilge Ebiri]] of [[New York (magazine)|''Vulture'']] thought the fight sequences were "beautifully assembled", and Reeves showed restraint with the film editing to present the fighters' motion sequences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/movie-review-man-of-tai-chi.html|title=Ebiri on Keanu Reeves's Man of Tai Chi: Neo Becomes Agent Smith|last=Ebiri|first=Bilge|date=November 1, 2013|website=Vulture|language=en-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413010406/https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/movie-review-man-of-tai-chi.html|archive-date=April 13, 2019|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote, "The brutally efficient shooting style Reeves employs to film master choreographer Yuen Woo-ping's breathtaking fights&nbsp;[...] is refreshingly grounded and old-school kinetic",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-man-of-tai-chi-review-story.html|title=Review: Keanu Reeves, as director, gives 'Man of Tai Chi' zip|last=Abele|first=Robert|date=November 1, 2013|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413010412/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-man-of-tai-chi-review-story.html|archive-date=April 13, 2019|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> while Dave McGinn of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' called the film "ambitious but generic".<ref>{{Cite news|last=McGinn|first=David|date=May 11, 2018|title=Man of Tai Chi: Keanu Reeves's martial-arts flick lacks punch|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/man-of-tai-chi-keanu-reevess-new-martial-arts-flick-lacks-punch/article15145285/|url-status=live|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413011604/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/man-of-tai-chi-keanu-reevess-new-martial-arts-flick-lacks-punch/article15145285/|archive-date=April 13, 2019}}</ref> At the box office, ''Man of Tai Chi'' was a commercial disappointment, grossing only $5.5&nbsp;million worldwide from a budget of $25&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://silverscreenriot.com/445-out-in-theaters-man-of-tai-chi/|title=Out in Theaters: Man of Tai Chi|date=October 20, 2013|website=Silver Screen Riot|language=en-US|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217035650/https://silverscreenriot.com/445-out-in-theaters-man-of-tai-chi/|archive-date=December 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2016940/?ref_=bo_gr_ti|title=Man of Tai Chi|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027180123/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2016940/?ref_=bo_gr_ti|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2013, Reeves played Kai in the [[3D film|3D]] fantasy ''[[47 Ronin (2013 film)|47 Ronin]]'', a Japanese [[fable]] about a group of rogue [[samurai]]. The film premiered in Japan but failed to gain traction with audiences; reviews were not positive, causing [[Universal Pictures]] to reduce advertising for the film elsewhere. ''47 Ronin'' was a [[Box-office bomb|box office flop]] and was mostly poorly received.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/47-ronin-box-office-bomb-1201012170/|title='47 Ronin': The Inside Story of Universal's Samurai Disaster|last1=Setoodeh|first1=Ramin|date=December 30, 2013|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=April 15, 2020|last2=Foundas|first2=Scott|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031042841/https://variety.com/2013/film/news/47-ronin-box-office-bomb-1201012170/|archive-date=October 31, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>