Think of your favorite comedies of all time.

What’s the one thing they’re missing? What’s the one thing that could make them better?

If you answered: an adorable kitten, Keanu is the film for you.

The first theatrical release from comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele - who are best known for their Comedy Central show Key & Peele - Keanu focuses on the things that Key & Peele are best at: hilarious observations on the modern state of race and masculinity, but this time…they added a kitty!

I don’t phrase it that way to demean what they do - but seriously, this cat (or cats, there were apparently seven of them) is one of the cutest creatures ever rendered on film. If you don’t fall in love with it, you may be completely dead inside.

The movie focuses on two cousins, Rell (Peele) and Clarence (Key). Rell has recently been dumped, and Clarence - who is a straight laced family man - is looking to come to his rescue. But Rell finds his salvation at his doorstep, in a kitten he names Keanu. The problem for Rell? Keanu has a history in the drug trade. Once owned by the leader of a drug cartel, Keanu is catnapped, and it’s up to Clarence and Rell to integrate themselves in the “gangsta" world to find out what happened to Keanu, and bring him back home.

The humor comes from the fish-out-of-water scenario for Rell and Clarence. Neither grew up particularly “hard" (in fact, they spend moments boasting to each other about the guys that beat them up in school), but they have to fake-it-until they make it.

The crime world they encounter is full of surreal characters - Rell’s weed dealer Hulka (a hilarious Will Forte), leader of the “Blips" (neither Blood NOR Crip) Cheddar (a game Method Man), a rag-tag bunch of gang members, and two assassins known as the Allentown Boys all come into play over the course of the film. But if the movie has a problem, it is this: it drags.

Running what should be a brisk 98 minutes, the script (by Peele and Alex Rubens) seems to be stretched a bit thin. Gags seem to go on for a beat too long, but stick the landing, making me wonder if there’s a lean, mean 89 minute version within the film. That said - it’s the chemistry and natural humor of the leads which truly make Keanu worth seeing. They carry the bumpier moments, and under the deft direction of Peter Atencio (who also directed every episode of Key & Peele), the potential for future amazing work is there. It’s just a bummer that what could have been a great film is rendered merely good due to these slower moments.

Keanu isn’t a perfect comedy, but is a great first-shot for the hopefully continued theatrical career of the duo Key & Peele. I can say with their great Comedy Central show behind them, and the big screen ahead of them, their opportunity is now - I just hope for a greater showing next time.

But seriously: that goddamn CAT! I WANNA SNUGGLE IT!