****** SPOILER ALERT ***** Awesome Character, Awesome Action! Pure fun!

Rating: 7/10 (3 August 2017)

************** SPOILER ALERT ***** Awesome Character, Awesome Action! Pure fun!
Baby Driver is a romp. The opening car chase scene is worth the price of admission in and of itself. It's one of the coolest chase scenes ever!!
The best thing about this movie, other than the chases, is the Baby character. I'm a sucker for an understated hero and this really hits the mark. Baby is an introvert who loses himself in music. But he is also a savant of perception and has a quiet power that really makes him appealing. I could quibble about some points where the character writing was poor, but I'll forgive those points because the broad character is so strong.
I had real problems with the casting of Kevin Spacey as the crime boss. The casting is so stereotypical and cliché. Spacey behaves exactly as you would expect such a cliché character to do. It would have been a much more interesting choice to have the crime boss be cast as A 22 year old rapper, a 15 year old gaming nerd, a foreigner from a developing country, or a heavy suburban female with kids type anything but the tired trope of Kevin Spacey the crime boss.
This movie would have had a much higher rating for me with a couple EASY changes.
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1) The Baby's love interest is too much, too fast without them really having enough relationship development screen time together prior to them devoting their lives to each other.
2) The movie has a double ending that is confusing and annoying. The movie ends when the couple drives down a country road. The credits should have rolled at that point. I would have given this film a way higher rating. The second ending is annoying.
Still, I forgive all the faults, thanks to the awesome Baby character and is bad-assery!!