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| Year of first release: 2017 | |
| Director: Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End) | |
| Actors: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects, House of Cards), Lily James, Jamie Foxx (Collateral, Django Unchained), John Hamm (Sucker Punch, The Town), Eiza Gonzalez (Bloodshot) | |
| Country: GB, USA | |
| Genre: Action, Polar | |
| Conditions of visioning: 24.07.2017, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, English with German subtitle | |
| Synopsis: Baby (Elgort) is a young and partially hearing impaired getaway driver who can make any wild car move while in motion with the right track playing. It's a critical talent he needs to survive his indentured servitude to the crime boss, Doc (Spacey), who values his role in his meticulously planned robberies. However, just when Baby thinks he is finally free and clear to have his own life with his new girlfriend, Deborah (James), Doc coerces him back for another job. Now saddled with a crew of thugs too violently unstable to keep to Doc's plans, Baby finds himself and everything he cares for in danger. | |
| Review: Long awaited! The new movie by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the dead, Hotfuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs the world, The world's end). As for Shaun of the dead refreshing the zombie genre, Baby driver refreshes the robbery movie with a lot of humour like in his other movies and an amazing music selection reminding the precise selections by Quentin Tarantino. Along the missions, many details of the normal life appear normal while they are actually fully off the wall. Baby is driving not only fast but like hell but he actually doesn't even have his driving license! Also many discussions on music tracks are great, like the one on the name Debora. The story line is excellent for an action movie. It does not just deal with robbery, or with escaping from the gangster society, it deals with being taken seriously by parent-like persons, it deals with building love based on mutual acceptance and support, it deals with deciding one's own route regardless from the financial benefits. In that sense, a very good plan for a coming-of-age movie! The story keeps many surprises or sometimes almost-announced events in suspense until these happen. It is indeed obvious that with the characters of Jamie Foxx and John Hamm something bloody and not planned will happen during one mission. The way this suspense is kept is very good, because it is almost-announced several times by humour, by teasing, by lack of humour of some characters. Excellent mix of humours! Ansel Elgort acts greatly the role of autist-at-work and extrovert-at-home. And the couple John Hamm and Eiza Gonzalez fits perfectly to their role of dangerous hot couple as well. If you like music, the selection here will amaze you for its eclecticism! From the craziest (my favourite) by Blur, Intermission, to the groovy Barry White via Easy by The Commodores and Tequila by The champs. Wow! The action scenes are well mastered the shot! The stunts, the light, the camera. Really good directing. |
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Rating: 9 /10
Selection of nice posters with quotes from the movie.       | |
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Sunday, August 13, 2017
Baby driver (2017)
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Seen the movie on 25.07.2020 in VOD on a 10" tablet screen.
ReplyDeleteI don't have much to add to your review which already covers pretty much everything, from the Tarantino feeling to the colors and the awesome use of the soundtrack reminding of Wright's Scott Pilgrim. You may have noticed that after the first job, there is a long take following him dancing and singing through the streets, and the words of lyrics are also spread on the set as we pass by: walls, electric poles, phone booths... That's a nice opening.
We should also mention the other recent getaway car driver movie: Drive (2011) by Nicolas Winding Refn with Ryan Gosling. And on a side note, this was the last movie shot by Kevin Spacey before scandal hit him.
I wouldn't rate the movie as high as you, but maybe partly because I didn't see it on a big screen in the isolated environment of a theater where it can be better enjoyed. But maybe also becaue I find the characters a bit over the top and predictable. Still, for me the best Edgard Wright since Hot Fuzz in 2007. Very well made, great characters, tension, love story, plenty of funny moments.
My rating: 8/10.