Millennials Just ‘Get’ Keanu Reeves
While Generation X mostly dismissed him as wooden and one-note, younger viewers better understand his nuances as a performer.
Updated on April 28 at 6:57 p.m. ET
For , I decided to revisit the career of one ’90s-era actor, through five films, to help make sense of their place in American pop culture. Our first subject was , and among Jennifer Lopez, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Will Smith, the voters picked Reeves by a wide margin. It’s not hard to understand why. For 35 years, Reeves has worked across every genre, in tiny art-house projects and big-budget
