Baby Driver (2017)
★★★★½ — Baby Driver (2017)
Edgar Wright had spent the better part of a decade in Hollywood development hell after the Cornetto trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End) before finally getting Baby Driver made, a project he'd been gestating since the mid-1990s, with the seed of the idea traceable to a music video he directed for Mint Royale in 2002. The film was a British-American co-production through Working Title and Big Talk (Wright's long-term UK home), shot largely on location in Atlanta, Georgia, and made for a relatively modest $34 million. It became a genuine commercial breakout, clearing well over $220 million worldwide, and marked the moment Wright crossed from cult favourite to mainstream Hollywood player. For Ansel Elgort, already known from the YA circuit, it was a significant change of register.
As a shameless petrolhead this tickles all the right spots The lead, who I'd never see before this, does a great job of playing the clichéd "quiet, amazing driver with a heart and a tragic backstory" but it's also the cast around him that make this great. Every character fits. Every scene has it's place. It's soundtrack is great, the crime scenes are exciting. Honestly this is a purely fantastic film. Only marked it down from a 5* because Kevin Spacey is just soooo Kevin Spacey it does distract at times.
Rating: ★★★★½ | Year: 2017 | Watched: 2025-05-11
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