Kid with lots of potential has accident and goes into business as a getaway driver

Rating: 3/10 (11 October 2017)

Baby is his name. But the real hook is how Spacey's iconic ringleader character can present Baby to other losers in the gang as a flawed yet brilliant individual. His flaw, the "Hum in the drum," "makes him the best," line is delivered with perfection, and I had to sit on my hands to keep from applauding it. So, you might guess that the flaw becomes a gimmick. Baby's music provides the background sound track to the movie, and it's excellent. Motown gets much representation. The Damned, a band I once tried to copy, is also there. So, watch it just for the music. The nuances are what makes this pretty good. Fifties style diner, fifties style dream sequence, and the beginning of a love affair that will carry Baby through to the end of the movie has us believe that America is about working class values, even if they are slinging hash, and scoring "easy money." That last part, the scoring money, makes this a real seventies and eighties style story, recall shows like "It Takes a Thief," movies like "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot," and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Well, for Baby Driver's similarities to those nightmares, I change my recommendation, anti-hero's are just plain passe, even if they dream of their girlfriends as bobby soxers next to gleaming yellow land yachts. There are better movies to see.