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Baby Driver

2017 Directed by Edgar Wright

All you need is one killer track.

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Ansel Elgort Lily James Kevin Spacey Jon Hamm Jamie Foxx Eiza González Jon Bernthal Flea Lanny Joon Sky Ferreira R. Marcos Taylor Hudson Meek CJ Jones Paul Williams Lance Palmer Big Boi Mike "Killer Mike" Render Jon Spencer Micah Howard Morgan Brown Sidney Sewell Thurman Sewell Walter Hill Brogan Hall Jeff Chase Wilbur Fitzgerald Brigitte Kali Canales Andy McDermott Patrick R. Walker Show All…

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Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 32

straight up the most fun i've had in a movie theater since MAGIC MIKE XXL. like an 113-minute version of those year-end video things i make, but, ya know… actually art, and not just legwork. can't *quite* shake the feeling that this was $20 million short of being a masterpiece (just as i'm having a little trouble making sense of how this movie doesn't end with a car chase), but this is still exactly the kind of shot in the arm that mid-budget studio filmmaking needs.
Review by Evan ★★★★★ 19

Baby Driver is the best mixtape ever assembled.

I don't think a movie has got my adrenaline pumping as much as this movie just did. To say this film was exhilarating would be the understatement of the century.

Car chases has now reach magnum opus. There's no reason to have another car chase in a movie because it will never come close to the car chases in Baby Driver. There's also some epic shootout sequences. A LOT of blood is shed.

Ansel Elgort plays one of the best skewed heroes ever put on screen. I haven't rooted this hard for a criminal ever.

Jamie Foxx absolutely KILLS it! He plays the slimiest fucker ever and I hated him with every ounce of my being.

Lily James stole my heart.

On my drive home from the theater I had one of the jam sessions of my life. Threw on the tunes and just drove baby!

B A B Y motherfuckers!!
Review by Peter Labuza ★★★½ 27

Edgar Wright would have never fit the 70s New Wave: he belongs at Warners in the 30s. Baby Driver colors inside the lines, but this is a stark contrast from other recent Hollywood films praised being "different enough." He wants the image on screen to matter more than the cultural conversation that occurs afterwards. He's rather cast a David Byrne than a emotive performance (perhaps to a slight detriment when the gears change). He wants to create tone and rhythm and pace - a movie with individual parts instead of a smoothed out surface. Car chases move more like Bollywood dance numbers than action scenes - with each car composed like an individual sari. He's a genuine dork, showing off…
Review by Logan Kenny ★★★★★ 15

it's a video game musical
Review by brat pitt ★★★★ 19

THE POSITIVES
+ the synchronized soundtrack to the actions (obviously! this is a very lukewarm take but i still gotta mention it because it's THAT GOOD of a technique)
+ love that deaf representation!!
+ sky ferreira
+ made me forget i hate ansel elgort

THE NEGATIVES
- if only the characters' decisions were synchronized with their motivations 👀
- uncomfy gender/racial politics (just ONCE i'd like to see a heist movie where women are more than just love interests. can't wait for Oceans Eight!)
- not enough sky ferreira
- made me forget i hate ansel elgort

BONUS
+++ THE 3 SECOND CLIP OF BRAD PITT IN FIGHT CLUB

VERDICT
for 2 full hours this movie made me forget…
Review by Katie ★★★★★ 18

things I noticed the second time around
- in the harlem shuffle scene, the lyrics were painted on the walls
- buddy and darling have "his" and her" tattoos on their necks
- everytime baby thinks he'll never see debora again he kisses her goodbye
- this is the best edgar wright film

Recent reviews

Review by meg ★★★★

THANKS EDGAR WRIGHT NOW I WANT TO CRASH A CAR INTO A WALL AT 673MPH
Review by Squalucard ★★★★

Junge, der Zuviel Need for Speed gespielt hat, arbeitet als Uber Fahrer für Verbrecher und hat dabei Kopfhörer auf. Hoffentlich bekommt er dafür kein Ticket.
Review by Judge Reinhold ★★★★★

This is a musical, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise. Each song is interacted with or performed by one or more characters, and each song is used to express emotions that can't be expressed through words. Beautifully choreographed and an astounding blend of audio and visual.
Review by lumieredarling ★★★★★

The soundtrack. The plot. Ansel Elgort an actual baby with his cute baby face. In here for all the other characters, too. Perfect.
Review by nads ★★★★½

kevin spacey was the only bad thing about this film
Review by blixasinister ★½

I don’t buy anything this film is selling. The title alone had me hesitant to watch it, but so many positive reviews. Why not give it a shot?

From the unusual choice of using “Bellbottoms” to score the first car chase, I knew I was probably in for something I would not like. I’m guessing the director had wanted to incorporate that song into a movie since being an aspiring filmmaker during his university years. We’ve had enough car commercial music video type shit using Zeppelin’s “Rock n’ Roll” and AC/DC “Back in Black.” No one has ever used Blues Explosion or The Damned! I admit I like some of the music but they’re put to such horrible use.

Who…
Review by misterelguapo ★★★½

Yes.

*Raymond voice from Rain Man*: "I'm an excellent driver."

Did they really need to turn that foot chase scene into a parkour showcase though? Like, seriously, when is the last time anyone has done parkour?
Review by Kyle Henke ★★★★½

Watched the audio commentary with Wright and Hope. Highly recommended if you like the movie. It's such an air tight movie, so it surprised me to hear that they were so open to change and adapt for the sake of better results.
Review by WafflehouseA113 ★★★★½

One of the most fun and entertaining action movies ever put to screen.