Review of Baby Driver (2017) by Thewaffle — 20 Nov 2017
Baby Driver is a fun run-of-the-mill action movie, but it's not as spectacular as the reviews would have you believe. The driving sequences are good, but the inter-personal conflicts are far too contrived.
It's a heist movie, it's not hard to come up with good reasons for tension between criminals, and yet Baby Driver bends over backwards to create artificial tension with random thugs picking a fight with Baby even after he's saved their bacon.
The movie also leans heavily on a romance that just doesn't really work all that well in my opinion, the girl is hopelessly in love with Baby from their first scene and it doesn't really go anywhere after that.
Finally, Baby's over-wrought conscience is a bit hard to square with his actions in the film. We're supposed to see him as a good kid in a bad spot, but he is an accessory to dozens of serious crimes and put civilians in danger constantly.
In the end, I would recommend Drive instead, but Baby Driver is still a good time.
This review of Baby Driver (2017) was written by Thewaffle on 20 Nov 2017.
Baby Driver has generally received very positive reviews.
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