C INEMA R E V I EW Baby Driver


Nobody puts Baby(Elgort) in the corner.Overtaking the bland in this year’s box office, meet BabyDriver. Unstoppable in emotion and gearing towards eccentric but altogether epic cinema: The starting line rocks and the finish line rolls, blasting boredomto kingdomcome. Shades, ear buds and sharp intelligence give Baby his edgy, suburban youth appeal.Abrilliant boywhomoves to his ownbeat, Baby drifts into top class character creations.Artistic and down-right full ofAdrenaline – BabyDriver is thesummer’17 headliner.


By film columnist JenniferMayWest Built by sad and violent childhood,


Baby is the prodigy son living in music,whose skills are milked by an ever slick-as –heck Spacey. Indebted to the cradle snatching skill thief, Baby is immersed into aworld of crime and ‘cray cray’ individuals. But strong minded and full of spirit, Baby finds himself again; crafting his identity through cleverness and holding onto love like a social media Snoopy sticker. Meeting 'Jonathan' (James), thewaitress at the diner, romance becomes the rabbit in headlights and Baby gets a boot up the backside to remind himwhohe


is. Resenting the realisation that there's more shade in the business than on his face, Babywants to high- tail out of insanity; slamming the breaks on one story , so he can fast track into his own.One metal-filled BBQlater, it’s not just the pig (or the gals) that’s smoking as a particular piece of rogueHammis intent on spoiling the party; unleashed?A Grand TheftAuto-esque cinematic rally ride with enough horse power to overshadowGoldCupweek. Utter entertainment. Flashbacks to nostalgic cinema eras, thanks to the odd 'Female


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