Obnoxiously bad.

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2019)

It's been a while since seeing "Baby Driver", but reading some of the reviews here reminded me of how much I despised this film. This is a film for youngsters who seem to think upbeat music, pretty actors, and flashy car chases make a good movie. The rest of us - those of us with hair on our balls, know better. Anyone with even decent intelligence will be repulsed by the relentless onslaught of cliche upon cliche, the awful dialogue, the thinly-drawn characters that we're somehow supposed to be emotionally invested in, or the pointless chase scenes that are supposed to suffice for "drama". The cinematic device of syncing action and car chase scenes to upbeat music may work for music video's (of which Edgar Wright has a few under his belt), but there's a line where it becomes a gimmick (see most of Quentin Tarantino's films to see how it's done WELL). Being bombarded with a bad movie gets annoying after a while, and "Baby Driver" was no exception. Even the cliche of "Baby" having a black guardian is trotted out (so many modern hero's are paired up with black characters just to show how cool \ post-racial they are (see Clint Eastwood)). Also frustrating - packing the cast with otherwise talented actors, but giving them nothing of substance to say or do. (Guess even GOOD actors gotta eat...) Not to mention the ridiculously thin love story that we're supposed to believe. .
The up-side of a disaster like "Baby Driver", and it's incredibly undeserved high ratings, is that Hollywood will keep people employed, as it sees there's a market for this kind of drivel. And that's also the down-side.