keep driving to soul music

Rating: 8/10 (11 February 2018)

Edgar Wright takes a turn away from the Cornetto Trilogy with the perceptive "Baby Driver", focusing on the getaway driver for a group of criminals. Part of the movie's charm lies in the soundtrack. Baby (Ansel Elgort) has to continually listen to music due to a ringing in his ears. The scenes where they plan out the heists are enjoyable enough, but it's the music that you gotta love. Almost the entire soundtrack consists of soul music.
We're probably going to take a different look at the movie now that Kevin Spacey has fallen from grace, but for the most part it's one exhilarating piece of work. No surprise that the editing and sound received Academy Award nominations.
Not a masterpiece, but still a good movie. I recommend it. Also starring Eiza González, Lily James (Cinderella), Jon Hamm (Don Draper on "Mad Men"), Jamie Foxx (Django) and Paul Williams (Swan in "Phantom of the Paradise").