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Rating: Null/10 (23 July 2017)

Thought I had stumbled into another kids flick. I get turned off by loud, infantile music tracks but then the picture settled down and became a pretty fair heist movie with some grown-up tension and suspense. You know what also helped? The addition of Kevin Spacey as the brains of the gang. He rarely gives a bad performance and didn't mail this one in, either. Never heard of anyone else in the film except Jon Hamm.
As stated, it gradually becomes absorbing and the plot which seemed outlandish 'grows up'. Lots of reviewers have rehashed the plot, but the actor playing "Baby" doesn't add much. The film is saved in the acting department by Spacey and Hamm, who play unbalanced criminals (especially Hamm). Giving away my age, I thought the car chase scenes which were quite extensive and protracted, were overdone and not believable. "Baby Driver", depending on your point of view and frame of mind, can be entertaining and enjoyable. But if you go, think young.