The potential for greatness that fell flat

Rating: 7/10 (18 July 2017)

Firstly, I don't write reviews.
Secondly, don't get me wrong - Baby Driver is a decent movie.
But it's not a great movie. I am writing a short review as I feel compelled to set the record straight after reading some unusually positive comments that do not reflect the opinions of myself or several friends who have seen the film. The mark of a good piece of cinema is the vibe and reactions of the entire cinema at the end of a movie. And at the end of Baby Driver there was like one big collective sigh, instead of that excited chatter or frozen moment at the end of an extremely good thriller or hard hitting true story. None of that at the end of this one - only sighs and a few overhead comments like "really", "hmm" and "well that happened quickly" etc.
*Spoilers from here in
Baby Driver is a very entertaining movie until the final heist scene where the director decides to ditch the very concept of an exciting, octane filled getaway that had the whole cinema on edge in previous scenes for an early bail out and completely laughable set of circumstances that follow.
How many times does John Hamms character come back to life? I mean come on... the ending sequences are a complete joke that take the movie from 'Tarantino-esque' to comical and silly.
IF the movie had taken us on another wild ride with Baby working out a way to frame the bad guys in the process then we could have had a good ending. The one we did get felt rushed, comical and stupid. Would love to have seen justice paid to a good start to a movie.