Baby Driver Review

Yesterday I saw one of the most ridiculously titled movies of the year. Most people might stay away coz of the title, but going past it…

The movie in question is of course BABY DRIVER.

This movie is a crime heist drama with some elements of a musical integrated into it.

HOW THE HECK? you might ask. How do you take The Transporter and sort of combine it in essence with LA LA Land?

Well you have to see the movie to understand HOW they pulled that off.

But the point is, not only did Edgar Wright (of Shaun of the dead fame) manage to pull it off, he does it in such style and brilliance that this becomes one of the BEST movies to come out in this year.

I SO miss NON super hero, NON Huge action blockbuster, smaller crime action dramas like Die Hard or The Transporter. This movie perfectly manages to satisfy that itch.

The direction is TOP NOTCH here. One of the best directed films of this decade, the score and the editing and the direction all go hand in hand to create something unique, magnificent, with a good pace and lots of amazing action sequences.

The acting my Ansel Elgort is damn good as the sullen Baby. Who speaks less, but drives fast. The cast has some heavy hitters like, Kevin Spacey, John Hamm and Jamie Foxx and they are all REALLY good in their roles, perfectly casted and great performances.

This is one heck of a rare film which has cars, guns, heists, shootouts and songs combined.

Rating: I am hard pressed to find a reason to NOT give it a perfect 10. But The film did lack a bit in the story department, which they made it up in the acting, direction and editing. So …

9/10. An almost perfect film. Definitely a cult classic in the making.

P.s: The movie has a 97% on RT and 8.4 on IMDB. So it’s lesser known but is being appreciated by critics and audiences both.