Baby Driver

Baby Driver is a 2017 British-American action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver seeking freedom from a life of crime with his girlfriend Debora (Lily James). Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Bernthal appear in supporting roles. Eric Fellner and his Working Title Films partner Tim Bevan produced Baby Driver in association with Big Talk Productions' Nira Park. Sony and TriStar Pictures handled commercial distribution of the film. Baby Driver was financed through a partnership between TriStar and MRC.

Plot
Baby, a music-loving orphan also happens to be the prodigiously talented go-to getaway driver for heist mastermind Doc. With the perfect soundtrack picked out for each and every job, Baby ensures Doc's violent, bank-robbing cronies - including Buddy, Bats and Darling - get in and out of Dodge before it's too late. He's not in it for the long haul though, hoping to nail one last job before riding off into the sunset with beautiful diner waitress Debora. Easier said than done.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The action in Baby Driver is linked to its soundtrack in a way that few other movies can boast. Baby is listening to music almost constantly, so every scene in the movie is shot, edited, and timed to a specific song. With that in mind, it only seems right to organize all these awesome moments by the track that accompanies them.
 * 2) Jamie Foxx basically steals the entire movie as Bats, and was highly praised by critics and casual audiences alike for his charismatic but completely unhinged performance.
 * 3) "Soldier Boy", the random gun-packing veteran who just happened to be on the scene of the bank robbery but chases and shoots at Eddie, JD, Baby, and Bats in his truck. He's far more dangerous to them than any of the cops, and is arguably the biggest threat anyone poses to Baby's driving in the whole movie next to Buddy.
 * 4) The death of Doc is quite brutal. He was already shot several times by the dirty cops a few minutes earlier, so when Buddy mows him over with the police cruiser, you'd think that would be the end of it....only for Buddy to then back up the cruiser over Doc's head before continuing his pursuit for Baby. Even though Doc was a Bad Boss, you can't help but wince at that, especially so since he did go out trying to protect Baby and Debora from Buddy and the aforementioned cops.
 * 5) The opening chase/first heist, which is one hell of a Establishing Character Moment for Baby, as well as the absolutely stunning chase scene perfectly timed to Bellbottoms.
 * 6) Likable and reliable characters:
 * 7) Baby works as the getaway driver for a rotating crew of bank robbers.
 * 8) Debora is a young waitress and Baby's romantic interest.
 * 9) Doc is the mysterious kingpin of the rag-tag crew of bank robbers and a veteran criminal mastermind.
 * 10) To expect from Edgar Wright movies, the humour is hilarious at worst and brilliant at best.
 * 11) Baby's deaf foster father Joseph was played by an actual deaf actor (CJ Jones).

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some questionable characterization.

Reception
Baby Driver received strong reviews for the craftsmanship and style, though the characterization and screenwriting drew occasional criticism. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% "Fresh" based on 385 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Stylish, exciting, and fueled by a killer soundtrack, Baby Driver hits the road and it's gone—proving fast-paced action movies can be smartly written without sacrificing thrills.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim".