Baby Driver
Published December 30, 2017
Film info
- Title Baby Driver
- Director Edgar Wright
- Year 2017
- Run time 1hr 52m
- Genres Crime, Action
- Tagline All you need is one killer track
Follows a talented, young getaway driver who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:07 | Dancing with your windscreen wipers is fun. |
| 4:16 | The things this guy can do with a handbrake! |
| 10:11 | “Still waiting on his first words.” |
| 19:36 | I like her being called Jonathan. |
| 21:17 | Needles! |
| 26:10 | Mike Myers versus Michael Myers. Big difference. |
| 29:34 | Old school iPod. It’d be harder to scroll backwards these days. |
| 34:28 | Chooon! |
| 38:10 | Pink and glittery iPod is nice. |
| 41:12 | “It’s the finest wining and dining of all the wining and dining in town.” |
| 45:38 | Catfish dinner. |
| 50:17 | Kids ages are hard. |
| 50:41 | “Working nine to five, just like Dolly.” |
| 1:04:14 | Shots to music is interesting. |
| 1:12:27 | Why would they lie for him? They hate him. |
| 1:17:08 | When your real answer is crazier than they could come up with as an excuse. |
| 1:22:50 | Listen to the right inspo song, you can suddenly do parkour. |
| 1:30:45 | Like the relationship with dear Joe. |
| 1:35:15 | Bonnie and Bonnie would be a good film. |
| 1:39:40 | Buddy appears to have turned into The Terminator. |
| 1:48:50 | Glad he didn’t just escape. Good ending. |
Thoughts
This was a really interesting film. With Edgar Wright behind the helm, you know you’re in for something very stylish and well-crafted, and it was that. The story was good, characters interesting, and the scenes were a lot of fun to go along with.
Just a few niggles, though. It felt a little derivative (True Romance, Heat, Terminator even), and there were moments towards the end where it started to get a little silly. The driving sequences were fantastic, though, and there’s no taking away from the fact that it was entertaining from start to finish and had a brilliant soundtrack. Top work.
Rating: 4 / 5