Directed by:
Edgar WrightScreenplay:
Edgar WrightCinematography:
Bill PopeComposer:
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 (4)
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A talented, young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss (Kevin Spacey), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom. (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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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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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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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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Drive but for kids and teens who can't yet read between the lines of a movie and prefer, ideally, plenty of pop and an attempt at cool action scenes with characters you remember by their hairstyles and clothes, not by what they do or the attitude they represent. The cast is stellar, too bad about the untapped potential, though. Sloppy in every way.
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