Good Time (2017)

Thanks for the memories!

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Good Time is that rare film that makes you forget you're watching one. By turns tense, funny, gorgeous, ugly, exhausting, deeply sad and always so real it hurts with a unique sound track to match. Even the minor characters are sharply drawn, and the major ones perfection. It was a good day when the Safdies & Robert Pattinson crossed paths.

The emphatic entrance of Robert Pattinson's character minutes into the movie signaled two things:1. The former Twilight actor is not messing around in an attempt to reinvent himself from the pretty boy typecast. Pattinson delivers the best performance of 2017 as the gritty anti-hero Connie, and you get the feeling this entrance will one day be remembered as the pivotal moment of his career.2. The title of this heist thriller is no misnomer. From this moment on, we are flung into an unrelenting adrenaline ride that hasn't felt so exhilarating since 2015's Fury Road.It's hard not to recall the late film critic Manny Farber's coined term "Termite Art" when describing the dramatic depth here. Farber argued that true glory of American cinema is not found in high-minded message pictures like To Kill a Mockingbird or Schindler's List, but rather in B-movies and genre pictures where the artistry is hidden within the entertainment. Good Time provides thorough entertainment throughout, but it also stays in your mind long past viewing, with little termites eating at you with questions regarding the American handling of penal system, poverty, privilege, and mental health. The overarching theme of the movie is destructive love, and above all begs the question, can you truly love someone despite not having the right kind of love to give them?

I've never seen a movie quite like this one. The pacing and the editing and score in particular are very original and intense. The film has a relentless pace and always keeps you engaged. I can't be bothered writing a longer review, but if you're a film buff and want to see something fresh, you need to see this film.

Hot damn! I've seen this movie four times and I never get tired of it definitely one of the best movies of 2017. Everything is so great.Every single actor is stellar. The best role Robert Pattinson has done, Buddy Duress steals every scene hes in and Benny Safdie plays a very convincing mentally challenged person.The story is something you'll never predict there are so many twist and turns it keeps you guessing how far this character will go.The music compliments the movie so well. I've been listening to it ever since and OPN is an artist who I am going to keep an eye on as well.There's small things that bugged me, but its not something that takes you away from the experience.