Movie for teenagers - full of clichés

Rating: 2/10 (23 July 2017)

I went to a movie theater with open mind. Was looking for a movie to watch and then I noticed that Baby Driver has really high scores everywhere. I quickly checked the synopsis and it looked promising, especially the bit about matching scenes with music and about music being the driver of the movie. So without doing any further due diligence I decided to give it a shot.
It was one massive disappointment. As other reviewers who gave this movie low ratings, I cannot understand why would anyone hype this movie. The main problem if the movie are ridiculous plot full of clichés. I mean, I have seen it all countless of times. Awkward teenager meeting a cute girl and having awkward conversation with her and then starting to date her? Check. A teenager who is involved in the crime but who has a good heart and hates hurting people? Check. Villain who likes to kill everyone around and who uses violence even when buying a pack of chewing gums, just before a heist? Check. A villain that refuses to die? Check. Etc. The list goes forever. Not to mention that the movie is as cheesy as it gets.
Now, what about the music you may ask? Wasn't that one of the selling points of the movie. In all seriousness, I was less than impressed. The music is OK, but nothing special and rather forgettable. At no point I thought it was exceptionally good and it seems to me that this talk about music driving the movie is simply marketing trick and there is little truth in it.
Let me just add that there were two teenagers sitting next to me during the movie. When the movie finished I overheard one of them saying "My brother told me that the movie was s*** but I think it was really good" and the other one agreeing. Well, I bet 10 bucks that her brother is a few years older than her because the only audience that can enjoy this movie are teenagers. If you are not, do yourself a favor and skip it.