Review of Baby Driver (2017) by Mark F — 15 Oct 2017

The opening scene where he's walking to get coffee in a way that's coreographed to the music and with lyrics popping up in the scenery make you think you're about to watch something truly original. However that soon gives way to what is essentially a pretty run of the mill story. A decent story. It's just not the thing of genius the reviews would have you believe.

I have other problems with the movie. The main one being that Baby should have stayed morally pure and he doesn't. I really backed him as long as he was this innocent trapped in a life he wanted to escape. Someone who couldn't even look at the violence that his passengers were carrying out. The second he kills Jamie Foxx though, he becomes something else. And that's compounded by him shooting the other guy in the diner. Suddenly he becomes essentially one of them and much of the goodwill is lost.

On that note, some of the violence is wanton and gratuitous. It was generally shot in a stylish way but there was no need for a couple of moments to be shown on screen.

Overall, I'm okay with this movie. I didn't love it and probably won't ever watch it again, but it was okay.