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Baby driver is a 2017 action movie that was directed and written by Edgar Wright. The

plot of the film follows a music lover, Baby (Ansel Elgort) who is coerced to by Doc (Kevin

Spacey) to work as getaway driver.

"One more job" and we're straight. Now I don't think I need to give you the speech about

what would happen if you say no, how I could break your legs and kill everyone you love

because you already know that, don't you?

Other stars in the film include Jon Berthnal, Lily James, Jon Hamm and Flea. The film is

praised for its direction, screenplay, soundtrack and action sequences. The film is among the top

ten films in 2017 by the national board reviews. It has won many nominations including the 23rd

Critics’ Choice Award (CCA) that it won and the 71st British academy film awards an Elgort was

nominated as the best actor. Several critiques and reviews have been acclaimed on the film as

discussed below.

Thesis statement: Despite the high quality and strong performance direction of the

movie, the movie employs exciting, stylish and movement fueled by killer soundtrack. The

talented cast are allowed to shine.

The first link (https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/06/baby-

driver-is-a-fast-fun-summer-ride/531879/)

Baby (Ansel Elgort) is the leading actor in the film. He is in his middle twenties, and he

is the preferred driver for the crime boss of the Atlanta known as Doc (Kevin Spacey). As

explained by Doc, Baby got tinnitus from a childhood accident, and therefore he has more music

that continuously plays in his earbuds as depicted below.

Bats: This one, they say that listens to the music all the time?

Griff: I mean, is he retarded?

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Doc: 'Retarded' means slow. Was he slow?

Griff: No.

Doc: He had an accident when he was a kid. Still has a hum in the drum. Plays music to

drown it out. And that's what makes him the best.

Writer and director direct the movie called Edgar Wright in his customary visual panache

who portrays the film through the use of good tunes, fast cars, romance and help in danger

making it the best movie to watch in summer.

The camera is positioned swirling around the romantic dinner organized Debora and

Baby with great happiness as demonstrated by ‘Little Mermaid’ scene of the ‘Kiss, the Girl.’ The

movie furnished with a high blend of technical finesse and wit that was seen in other movies

such as Wright choreographies in Shaun of the Dead pool-cue of ‘Don’t Stop Me Now.’ Wright

has directed the movie in the most infectious nerve from his past comparing the Baby in ‘Harlem

Shuffle’ sashaying down the sidewalk.

The film features many songs such as when something is wrong with my baby, ‘ by

Barbara Lewis and ‘Baby I’m yours’ by Sam & Dave ‘ and others such as Baby Driver by

Garfunkel’s Folk ditty and Simon. The name of the movie was designed from the song featured

in it that accompanies its soundtrack rather than the reverse. The film is described as being less

distinctive compared to other movies by Wright such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz by

Cornetto and less of being delightful such as the Worlds End by Cornetto trilogy. During the

summer, ensure you have metaphorical earbuds and enjoy the cinema through the application of

the ignition key on the wheels as demonstrated by the movie.

Second link https://www.wsj.com/articles/baby-driver-review-grand-theft-

entertainment-1498666766
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The movie is sensationally impressive showing Edgar Wright baby-faced gateway ‘Baby

Driver’ called Baby played by Ansel Elgot. He is probably sweet spirited and self-contained in

mysterious ways. The earbud has become part of his anatomy though he was not born with them

attached on his head. He obsessively listens to the music more incessantly since he has tinnitus, a

ringing in his ears affected by the types of playlist he had selected. He drives at the prodigious

skill and in a prosperous speed. The soundtrack is quite massive in the movie.

The film has a rhythm flow, structure and frame to last and works perfectly in

conjunction with the soundtrack. It’s a jaw-dropping and fluid making for potential viewers to

search for more substance than style. Everything in the scenes moves with music including

slamming of the doors after bank robberies after returning to the squealing tires in the most

exciting car chase scenes never seen in years. Many countless scenes that have worked in unison

with the music. It becomes part of the baby soundtrack everyday regular activity such as the

sound of the text message from a phone and stacks of money piled on the table with a beat of the

song.

The Doomed lovers, cars, shootouts, gangsters and limitless blacktops are the Edgar

Wrights fantasy of the American people where everyone is dreamer, killer or driver or

combination of the three. David Lynch has been used to demonstrate spiritual corruption, a

delusional Eagle Scout from Missoula. The Baby Driver movie is compared to The Worlds End

and Shaun of the Dead movies by Wright which blends on humiliation comedy when the

characters fight zombies and realizing humanity in between when fights broke out with Queen

Songs. In contrast, the Baby Driver shows everyone being super cool in a demented action

spectacle known as being a little lie.

Third link (http://fanboynation.com/baby-driver-2017/)

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Edgar Wright films have many layers making the film more rewatchable which is proven

to with better filmmaking that entrances the crowds since the Edgar Wright movie of Shaun of

the Dead. It has a combination of both verbal wit and visual making it endlessly rewatchable. In

the wright's movie, they are having the highest quality of music that matches the editing prowess

of the director. The fast-paced visual and certain musical quality provides a wildly entertaining

movie that matches Wrights’ trademark kinetic style in music and action. The movie has the best

ample humor, soundtrack combination, and character to 8underatke the fuel in motorized

mayhem. The Baby (Ansel Elgort) eludes the authority using daring heist in a combination of

Kevin Spacey (Doc) who orchestrates the robbery assisted by few other criminals rotated in their

duties. The Baby behind the wheel remains the only regular job in the movie. Though Baby is

seen as a reluctant criminal, he stays with Joseph (CJ Jones) who is his foster father and a deaf.

The waitress in the local dinner finds baby infatuated with her and they began dating when he

was almost leaving the criminal acts. However, one more job on the horizon forced him to

remain put.

The excellent soundtrack used by Wright in the Baby Driver movie has dramatically

improved the kinetics of the movie, and they have helped in guiding the movie. The soundtrack

music rhythm has guided camera movements, action, and editing. The Baby driver delivers

vehicular mayhem in a much more thrilling and satisfying whole though on a smaller scale.

Edgar Wright has used genre tropes to introduce to the audience specific set of expectations and

later subverts in certain ways. As the audience tries to figure out the film direction, Wright pulls

an emergency brake, the wheel is turned, and the whole film is moved to a completely

unexpected direction. The film has encompassed romance, musical, comedy and action flick that

is combined in a stylish and sleek package. The electric style of cinema by Wright is emotionally
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engaging, viscerally thrilling, musically inclined and downright hilarious. It’s a unique film by

an individual director.

Fourth link (https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/06/28/edgar-wrights-baby-driver-

makes-the-car-chase-soar-again/)

The baby driver film is an action-musical entertaining and impeccably assembled movie

that defy the laws of common sense and physics. The set of music and hop over hoods combined

with a leap on gunfire makes it absurd and feels right. The Wrights movie makes the people and

cars seem real and portray the divine command of the director frame and admiration. Baby

Driver movie is a riff of the Walter Hills Ryan O’Neil geared classic driver that silently and

brilliantly flees from the law. Ansel Elgort (Baby) is a lonesome driver that uses his cars and

music to hide his hurt. For example, Bats says “He's a looney. Just like his tunes”. He is an

expert behind the wheels and works for Doc (Kevin Spacey) a calculating and smooth crime lord

that organizes immaculate heists that rotates on one main idea which is the expertise of Baby

behind the wheels. The Doc hires assorted goons played by the likes of Hamm, Jon Bernthal and

Jammie Foxx who are put off by the aloofness of our hero because of his unnaturally quite

demeanor. They thought of him thinking to be better than them, or something might be wrong

with him altogether. \

In conclusion, the movie can be said to be exciting, stylish and fueled by killer

soundtrack. The road is hit by the Baby Driver and its gone symbolizing fast paced action

movies well written without thrill being sacrificed. Music is a source of strength for Baby, and

the dark sunglasses will never come out of the earbuds. He can stay focused on the next move.

He is not viewed as a thug since he keeps his distance and pays back debt to Doc in a best-
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executed getaway. He takes care of the deaf foster father and longs for Debora (Lily James) that

reminds him of his deceased mother.

REFERENCE

(https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/06/28/edgar-wrights-baby-driver-makes-the-

car-chase-soar-again/)

The first link (https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/06/baby-

driver-is-a-fast-fun-summer-ride/531879/)

Second link https://www.wsj.com/articles/baby-driver-review-grand-theft-

entertainment-1498666766

Third link (http://fanboynation.com/baby-driver-2017/)

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