It's good, but not Edgar Wright good

Rating: 6/10 (31 July 2019)

Baby Driver turns out to be Edgar Wright's blandest, most forgettable film yet, as much of his directing flare is pushed aside with the main gimmick of the film placed primarily on the notion that the action is edited in time with the music. This is a fun gimmick for sure, but is it enough to keep me invested? Am I going to remember it 10 years from now? Definitely not.
Edgar's normal talent of visual storytelling and progression is nearly gone from this film, as is the memorable, witty, relatable main character, as Baby, apart from having tenitits, and being a remixer, is by far his blandest protagonist yet. In fact, the rest of the characters are bland too, with a cliche group of crooks, with Jamie Foxx's character being the most over the top, predictable, and least interesting of the bunch, and Kevin Spacey being another typical stern mob boss character, who takes a complete 180 in the climax for the sake of the narrative, which there really isn't anything to - the story feels empty. Nothing of note happens here, and that'd be okay if the characters were memorable, but they just aren't. Not to mention the completely undeveloped love story embedded in here.
While I could contently watch it again due to the well edited action, and John Ham's performance, Baby Driver is definitely Edgar Wright's least interesting project yet, and really doesn't have a lot to offer in terms of character or plot.