An uneven oddity from writer/directors Joshua and Ben Safdie, Good Time never generates the momentum its ‘one crazy night’ premise needs, but its mood is dark, its settings weird, and its characters eccentric enough that I recommend it. This tale of crime and urban living takes place in the streets of the Queens section of NYC. Robert Pattinson stars as Constantine “Connie” Nikas, a wiry scruff who teams up with his mentally-challenged younger brother Nick (Ben Safdie) for a bank robbery that goes all kinds of wrong. The dye packs explode, dousing them both in red. Connie somehow escapes but Nick runs through a glass door and is apprehended. Soon after he’s tossed in jail, Nick picks a fight with another prisoner that doesn’t end well for him and he’s transported to a hospital. Increasingly desperate, Connie spends the rest of the night trying to free his brother from captivity,...
- 8/24/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sometimes it takes an actor a little while to fully come into their own. For Robert Pattinson, he has certainly been doing his best to have a distinctive post Twilight identity. Working multiple times with David Cronenberg, taking a turn in The Lost City of Z, and now in Good Time, Pattinson is determined to gain full on respect for his talents. This latest film has been making a run at the independent box office and is his best work to date. With an expansion for the movie on the horizon in a few days, I wanted to double back and talk about it a bit. It marks the latest outing by filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie, who are directors to watch out for. Armed with Pattinson, they’ve crafted something top notch. The film is a crime drama indebted to the genre entries of the past. Bank robber Connie...
- 8/21/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
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