‘Baby Driver’ Is Another Film About Spectacle, Not Substance | Sojourners

‘Baby Driver’ Is Another Film About Spectacle, Not Substance

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The new film Baby Driver is a movie that expresses joy through art, specifically music. The action film from director Edgar Wright connects the joy of listening to a favorite song to the way those musical rhythms color our everyday lives. At its best, the film is a celebration of joy in creativity that bleeds over into a joy in creation itself. It struggles, however, to turn that aesthetic delight into something of substance.

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