Review of Baby Driver (2017) by Wesisaleo — 06 Jul 2017

Years ago, there was a vehicle called the "Conquest," which was the Dodge-Chrysler version of Mitsubishi's "Starion." It was butt-ugly, and I don't mean Beyonce's derriere, nuh-uh.

But one year, va-va-VOOM they remade that sucker into a sleek and sexy ride, a ride that looked like the feeling of someone you've lusted after suddenly tipping you the wink.

Folks, "Baby Driver" is the OPPOSITE of what I just described.

If you're familiar w/ Edgar Wright's best-known directing efforts, for examples the brilliant "Spaced" series, his snappy trilogy of films starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (also from "Spaced") and the ultra-hip "Scott Pilgrim" which turned Mary Elizabeth Winstead into The It Girl of this decade, folks if you enjoyed those works and were expecting something in that vein, but w/ an even cooler soundtrack and cleverly edited car-chases...

...you will be sorely disappointed by "Baby Driver." Go in w/ no expectations but forgettable entertainment, some witty barbs, one surprising cameo that's cut short way too quickly, and dialogue/situations you'll wince at more often than not, and just maybe you'll see where the glowing reviews for this are coming from.

In other words, go back to your teenage non-jaded years. This is no "Drive," nor "The Driver," and nothing close to that hair-raising street chase from "Nightcrawler." This was "The Transporter" w/o a believable lead nor pulse-raising fight scenes. Or indeed, chase scenes worth recalling. "Baby Driver" does boast Jon Hamm's impression of The Terminator, and an ending that comes after what should have been the ending, after an uncomfortable amount of waiting time.

To wit: This DOES NOT live up to its ridiculous amount of hype. I'm rating this as high as 4 of 10 because it wasn't a bad film, just oh-so very disappointing. You've been warned.