Good Time

Few films can make you feel as edgy as its protagonist. The whole film feels like a panic attack; thanks to the tight and intense camera-work, Daniel Lopatin's throbbing score, Robert Pattinson's another brilliant performance that recalls the great Al Pacino in "Dog Day Afternoon", and not to be forgotten is Ben Safdie (who also co-directed this film with his brother, Joshua) as Pattinson's mentally challenged brother. 'Good Time' is such a vivid ride.

This movie is as gritty and gripping as you can get. The performances are impressive and natural and no one lets the rest of the cast down. The cinematography was close and claustrophobic and it really added to the feeling of the movie. All of the pieces that put this movie together results in a thrillingly unpredictable experience that never feels like a movie.

Quick and to the point, Good Time exceeded my expectations. The acting, (especially Rob Pattinson's), direction by the Safdie Brothers, and soundtrack all came together to create a masterpiece. It's not a regular type of film, which might be why some people don't enjoy it. It was raw, edgy, and intense. The movie pulls you in and leaves you wondering what to do once its over. I can't wait to see what Josh and Benny Safdie will come out with next!

Pattinson plays a role of a caring brother trying to save his brother. Everything he goes through makes you cringe but the resolve leaves something to be desired. A terrible ending to a movie that makes you keep waiting for something to happen worthwhile

#GoodTime is a fantastic insomniac crime comedy/thriller with the fully determined & daring #RobertPattinson. It's like if "Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels" met "Trainspotting" and had a Red Bull-fueled baby. It's entertaining through and through. Directed by Josh and Ben Safdie, Robert Pattinson plays Constantine Nikas who commits a botched bank robbery that lands his younger brother in prison. The rest of the film shows Nikas' dangerous attempt in a span of one crazy night just to get his brother out. Madness, mayhem and violence ensue as he also tries to evade the consequences of his actions. I haven't watched "Heaven Knows What," but I am now definitely a big fan of the Safdie brothers after "Good Time" because their vision and craftsmanship are simply hypnotic. Not only do they play with neons and glows but also almost the entire time, the film is done with close-up shots which tightly frames the characters so much so that it intensifies the story's unpredictability. The characters in "Good Time" may not be quite as dumb as the characters in the Coen Brothers' crime comedies, but they're quite rudderless. Nikas knows that his main objective is his brother, but he doesn't have a clear plan. He's got bits and pieces of what can be considered close to a plan but for the most part, he just wings it, which makes this whole thing hilarious. It's as if the script intentionally throws a curve ball at him every other five minutes or so, you see him encounter unexpected blunders, mostly of his own doing as he's winging it from one cluster- mess after another. He's always on the go. And Robert Pattinson is marvelous, some say this is his breakout performance, I say it's the performance that no one else but him could play. Pattinson becomes this desperate loser, part of you empathizes with him but part of you wants to see him get what he deserves. "Good Time" is a helluva way to end this summer season at the movies. -- Rama's Screen --

Oh yeah, makes sense, include your mentally challenged brother in a BANK ROBBERY and watch the comedy unfold. What could possibly go wrong, right? Jeezsus, that idiotic conceit completely torpedoed any empathy for Pattinson's character and subverted whatever perverted lessons of love, loyalty and sacrifice the overrated Safdies were trying to impart. If I were the father of those two, I would have dragged the Pattinson character to the police station myself for putting my other defenseless son through something like that. It's this kind of arrogant, self-serving storytelling that makes me fear for the medium.