Review of Baby Driver (2017) by Ben M — 12 Sep 2017

While most movies are praised (or straight up dumpstered) for the plot, this movie's mastery lies in the soundtrack. For those of you who don't know, the entire screenplay was written to fit the soundtrack of the movie, which was put together by director Edgar Wright.

In the early 2000's, Edgar Wright directed a music video for a song I can't remember the name of, and it actually inspired him to make a feature-length "extension" of the video. The first scene in the movie plays out exactly like the music video: with a getaway driver (Baby, played by Ansel Elgort) jamming out to some music while his crew pulls of a bank heist.

The movie is quite simply a masterpiece (in my opinion), and that is shown with the beat-by-beat, measure-by-measure, balletic pace of the movie, with each gunshot, explosion, pen tap, engine rev, and footstep lining up with whatever song is playing in Baby's earbuds.

The soundtrack itself is timeless with classic songs across the board, it's actually one of my favorite playlists to listen to on Spotify. My one single issue with the film, and it's extremely nit-picky, is that the relationship between Baby and his waitress girlfriend, Deborah (played by Lily James) seemed very underdeveloped.

That's pretty much the only flaw that really stuck out to me. Other than that, ISSA GOOD ASS MOVIE, 10/10 WOULD WATCH A MILLION TIMES OVER.