Directed by:
Edgar WrightScreenplay:
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Steven PriceCast:
Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Jamie Foxx, Jon Bernthal, Sky Ferreira, Viviana Chavez, Flea, Wilbur Fitzgerald (more)VOD (1)
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Baby (Ansel Elgort), a music-loving orphan also happens to be the prodigiously talented go-to getaway driver for heist mastermind Doc (Kevin Spacey). With the perfect soundtrack picked out for each and every job, Baby ensures Doc's violent, bank-robbing cronies - including Buddy, Bats and Darling - get in and out of Dodge before it's too late. He's not in it for the long haul though, hoping to nail one last job before riding off into the sunset with beautiful diner waitress Debora. Easier said than done. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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The original playful to musical mood that Baby Driver initially enticed me with, unfortunately, either got old or lost completely during the film. It's certainly not a bad film, the action scenes have swing and the music is fine, but the villains are almost more interesting than the main protagonist and the story is... Ummm... It didn’t do much for me. Three and a half stars.
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Offering enjoyable summer fun, Baby Driver a sort of chipper, youthful version of Drive with action and serious scenes
rendered less heavy by cool musical numbers. Especially at the beginning, we get to see a sensitive perception of
violence through the eyes of the main character, Baby, and admire the purity of his romantic relationship with the girl.
But the film lacks more pointed dialogue and more sophisticated and refined direction for the other characters. In short,
it lacks Quentin Tarantino’s touch. OMG, now THAT would be a movie!
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For the first time, I was genuinely looking forward to an Edgar Wright film, but this ride doesn't just hurt the eyes, it hurts the head. I don't understand the world in which the story takes place, and it seems detached from all possible realities and even genres. Supporting characters change their essence in a second, moods clash unpleasantly, and at the end, there are so many misgivings that only the sympathy towards some members of the talented cast saves the average. However, I am most disappointed by the so heavily promoted "musical" aspect of the film. The fact that there is an endless number of songs in the film, which simply play in the background of the scenes with Baby often humming them, simply doesn't make it a musical. The occasional gunshot or impact that fits the rhythm is a nice idea, but it becomes tiresome by the second scene. All playfulness remains surprisingly spasmodic.
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Edgar Wright is getting better with every film and this one made me incredibly happy. Baby Driver is an incredible stylistic film with cult potential and could easily become a classic in 20 years. It offered me more or less everything I expect from a movie starting with an excellent cast featuring the likeable Ansel Elgort, the tough Jamie Foxx, the pissed off Jon Hamm, the terribly sexy Eiza González, the terrifying Kevin Spacey, and the cute Lily James. The soundtrack is very catchy and adds to the great atmosphere, the visuals are flawless, the cinematography is unbelievably clear, the action is top notch (the sound design of the shootouts is among the best I've ever seen). The breakneck pace, the occasional humour, the emotional underpinnings and the unexpected reveals made the film an extraordinary experience, where especially near the end I felt like grabbing my balls and throwing them at the screen for joy at what a blast it was. Along with Hacksaw Ridge and John Wick 2, I rank Baby Driver as one of this year's best cinema experiences. This doesn't end with one screening. 95%
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A scented pop escapade with quite an effective rhythm that alternates dynamic and conversational scenes, whose greatest asset is the thoughtful editing and the movement of the camera and the characters around the mise-en-scène, thanks to which even the seemingly slower scenes don't hinder the pace. But finding a single passage that I would want to rewatch in the future, or a single twist that I would find more interesting than driving a car on our highways, no way. The best character is hands down the wisecracking Spacey (the forcibly cool Fox didn't catch on), the funniest scene probably the most static – a crime scene inspection with an eight-year-old. Wright may have the craft down and the individual details figured out, but this time he just doesn't entertain with story or characters. 65%
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