After well more than a century of cinema, it’s very difficult to do something that’s completely original. “Baby Driver” achieves the next best thing: taking something old and putting a completely fresh new spin on it. In this case, it’s the heist movie genre. We think we know all there is to see: A team of thieves is assembled, a plan is made, there are intragroup squabbles, the job goes horribly awry and consequences play out. From bloody fare like “Reservoir Dogs” to fuzzy comedies like the recent “Going in Style,” there’s a through-line of familiar characteristics.
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
After well more than a century of cinema, it’s very difficult to do something that’s completely original. “Baby Driver” achieves the next best thing: taking something old and putting a completely fresh new spin on it. In this case, it’s the heist movie genre. We think we know all there is to see: A team of thieves is assembled, a plan is made, there are intragroup squabbles, the job goes horribly awry and consequences play out. From bloody fare like “Reservoir Dogs” to fuzzy comedies like the recent “Going in Style,” there’s a through-line of familiar characteristics.