Baby Driver

As Baby (Ansel Elgort) was a child, a car accident killed his parents and left him with tinnitus (continuous humming sounds in the ears), which he blocks out by listening to music on iPod. Baby lived a troubled life and it is revealed that he once tried to steal a car which was, unknown to him, owned by criminal mastermind "Doc" (Kevin Spacey). With a particular job in mind, Doc assembles his team made up of nasty criminals (Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Eiza González ,Micah Howard) . While waiting for his next job Baby meets a young waitress named Debora (Lily James) ; the pair quickly bond over their interests in music and fall in love. All you need is one killer track. Every road out takes him right back in !. This year, volume up, pedal down !. This summer, the only way to get out is to getaway !.

A film by Edgar Wright, an English director who has become a favorite of many action comedy enthusiasts for his work with Simon Pegg in the Cornetto trilogy. After paying homage to zombie movies, 80s police movies, and paranoid science fiction, respectively, this time, without Simon Pegg, he updates the cinematographic language of the old robbery and chase movies, such as: Bullitt by Peter Yates, Driver by Walter Hill, Thief by Michael Mann, but adding drops of humor, sympathy, and an attractive love story. The film won the audience award at the South By Southwest Festival and its premiere in the USA was a surprising success in the country. Considering that this is not a superhero film or a blockbuster, the film was also nominated for the 2018 Oscar for best editing, sound mixing and sound editing.

The cast is led by Ansel Egort, who rose to fame for his leading role in the adaptation of John Green's best-selling young adult novel The Fault in Our Stars, and later starred in none other than Speielberg's recent remake of West Side Story. He is joined by the sweet and farcically beautiful Lily James (Cinderella), John Hamm (Mad Man series), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Kevin Spacey (House of Cards series), Jon Bernthal (Walking Dead series), Eiza González, Flea Micah Howard among others.

There's a moving and catching musical score by Steven Price, including wonderful songs. As well as brilliant and colorful cinematography by Bill Pope. This is an acclaimed and notorious film from director Edgar Wright who delivers the goods with skillness and aplomb enough . Edgar often uses ordinary trademarks: Deadpan humor in fast-paced moments; a recurring gag where a fence jump goes wrong; pivotal scenes that take place in a bar or pubs, his characters often share his love of action movies; musicand video games; action synchronized to music that is playing; frequent and effective use of foreshadowing; fast paced and heavily stylized action scenes and has included multiple references on his work to James Bond. Edgar is an English filmmaker , screenwriter, producer, and actor . He is best known for his comedic Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), made with recurrent collaborators Simon Pegg, Nira Park and Nick Frost. He also collaborated with them as the director of the television series Spaced and his last hit was : Last Night in Soho (2023). Rating: 7/10 . Better than average . Worthwhile watching.

I somehow felt love and hate sort of feeling for Baby Driver. The movie started off on nice note but then somehow slows down and eventually picks up too much pace in second half. It's pretty hard to keep the interest alive all the time. I really loved the song selection and even noticed me nodding to few beats as well. The car action sequence were well shot too. But then the second half of the movie was so fast that it feels like they just wanted to end this but still wanted to keep it alive. Don't think if there was any need of few gruesome sequences.

The story had so much potential and having some good cast along, it could have gone to great heights. But it disappoints in this area and turns out to be just another mindless action drama for light viewing.

Edgar Wright deals with the technical aspects very well, be it camera work, cinematography, editing or soundtrack. But in pursuit of the style, he forgot to write good characters. There is absolutely no conviction. You don't feel for any character. Their actions are confusing (like Kevin Spacey in the end). It tells you a lot when I say that the most interesting character was an 8-year old boy with barely 3-4 minutes of screentime. The dialogues didn't help either. No one is interested in the comparison between weapons and different body parts of a pig.

In short, the writing is abysmal and keeps you from enjoying what could have been a very fun watch. Perhaps they could have fed some more lines from Monsters Inc.

Baby Driver is one hell of a film,I was lucky enough to go to preview of this film and it was worth it.This film uses music the way no other film has ever, It's stylish and has a cast that bring it to life especially Ansel Elgort,Jamie Foxx,Jon Hamm and Kevin Spacey bring a performance that almost tops all their others.The film has exciting car chases and intense moments that leave you on the edge of your seat just acing to know what happens,the final act is probably where Baby Driver shines in all it's glory.Period. Overall this film is a film for everyone,it has music that makes you want to get up and dance right there in the theater.I give Baby Driver a 10/10,go and see it now.

Edgar Wright proved to be able to create a thrilling direction and more than capable script for our ensemble cast, led by a sympathetic Ansel Elgort. He certainly shines as this teen in a tough position who is a good guy being forced to do bad things. More than your average heist movie, with a killer soundtrack and fast pace driver you'll be on the edge of your seat during the most crazy moments.