Lacking the humour it would have needed

Rating: 5/10 (28 July 2017)

It sounds like the perfect action crime movie for Edgar Wright, but "Baby Driver" doesn't hold all way through, despite a strong opening.
In 2004, director Wright gave us the brilliant zombie comedy "Shaun of the Dead." Then came another successful comedy, "Hot Fuzz." Now watching his latest pic, I couldn't help wishing it too would have been an Edgar Wright comedy, rather than yet another heist/car chase/action movie. It does, of course, try to bring something new and Ansel Elgort is terrific, and charming, in the leading role. That's not enough, however, to carry the film through the 112 minutes of running time.