By Emilio Frenk.
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Lily James, Jamie Foxx, CJ Jones, Flea, Lanny Joon, Paul Williams, R. Marcos Taylor and Kevin Spacey.
Rating: Excellent.
Edgar Wright, director of “Shaun of the Dead”, “Hot Fuzz”, “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” and “The World´s End” brings “Baby Driver”. Not only I consider this the best movie of Edgar Wright´s career but so far I consider it the best movie of 2017.
The movie tells the story of Baby (Ansel Elgort) a partially deaf getaway driver who drives for robbers and works for his boss Doc (Kevin Spacey), whom he has a debt and works for him in this heists.
Baby also likes to make music from conversations that he listens and uses them as music for every score he is involved.
Everything will change in Baby´s life when he meets Debbie (Lily James) a waitress that immediately becomes Baby´s love interest.
This eventually will represent a conflict for Baby since it can jeopardize his working relationship with Doc. Now Baby will risk anything to gain Debbie´s heart even if it means to risk his own life
I describe “Baby Driver” not only as an action film, but is also a comedy, thriller and drama that worked at all levels.
Edgar Wright´s movies have the tendency to be very fast paced, with strong editing that goes to contain multiple cuts and this was no different.
The opening of the film was spectacular, which pretty much sets the tone of the film and from the minute I started I was completely blown away.
Again not only Edgar Wright directed a hell of a movie, that delivered fantastic performances specially by Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx who were magnificent in their respective roles, but also Wright wrote a phenomenal screenplay.
The journey of Baby is very interesting and Ansel Elgort gave so far his best performance of his career. The way how he portrayed Baby was real and we felt for him at every time.
Another element that made me “Baby Driver” enjoyed it so much was that the movie was not predictable and Edgar Wright is one of the most smartest director´s that knows how to manage well that element of surprise that we see in every single one of his movies.
The score of the film is one of the most entertaining I´ve heard and reminds me pretty much of the music that Quentin Tarantino uses in his films. I can see that Edgar Wright also uses music very well in all five of his films that he has directed.
I was very excited on watching this films since I have enjoyed all of Edgar Wright´s films and I was not disappointed.
The love story of the film does work and you might think that the character of Debbie, portrayed by Lily James is naïve and dumb but she is someone who is in love with and is a very good character who does unexpected things that you will find out once you see this movie.
For fans of Edgar Wright I can guarantee you that you will not be disappointed with this movie.
“Baby Driver” is so far the best movie of 2017 and if any movies that come later this year are even as good as this one, “Baby Driver” for sure will be in my top list and I highly recommend.