Guillermo Del Toro Explains Why BABY DRIVER is a "Flawlessly Executed" Movie

Guillermo Del Toro is without a doubt one of the most elite filmmakers in Hollywood and probably knows a thing or two about what makes movies great. With Edgar Wright's Baby Driver arriving in theaters this week, Del Toro took to Twitter to share his thoughts on Wright's latest movie. If you need any convincing to see Baby Driver, Del Toro's words of encouragement should persuade you.

You can read all 13 tweets on Del Toro's twitter feed, but for the sake of saving time you can read it all below:

13 Tweets on BABY DRIVER. 1: A long, long time ago (my generation’s youth) a maverick filmmaker named Walter Hill made two promises. One: he made a great action flick called THE DRIVER. Two: he promised us, in [Streets of Fire] “A Rock N’Roll Fable”. Both movies gave our generation a shot of adrenaline. Now, decades later, Edgar Wright fulfills both promises with the breathtaking BABY DRIVER. The key to understanding it fully- at least for me- is in the fact that it is a fable, complete with its very own Disney prince and princess, but it is also rock n’ roll. Meaning- the magic exists in a dirty, genre-tainted world. The film is incredibly precise. Flawlessly executed to its smallest detail: breathtaking Russian arm shots, real-world car mount and foot chases executed with the vigour and bravado of a Gene Kelly musical.This is An American In Paris on wheels and crack smoke. Its a movie in love with cinema – the high of cinema and motion. In love with color and light and lenses and film. But, unlike Edgar’s previous films (all of which I love) this stakes new, unironic territory. This is earnest and unprotected . It wears Edgar’s heart on its sleeve. It’s a riff- a beautiful riff and in many ways send his career in a new direction. It shows us tricks and tunes he hadn’t played before. The cast is in a state of grace and so is the entire crew. Imagine that as a carpenter you encounter a precious, precise, exquisite piece of cabinetry. This is how I feel. I’ve always liked Edgar. But this moved me. It moved me to see a fellow filmmaker come out of a debacle with a movie that declares his credo again. I hope & pray you go and see it on a big screen. I wish you all the joy I felt: I just saw a good pal get the gold. By God – go check it out."

Baby Driver stars Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lilly James, Jon Hamm, Jon Bernthal and Jamie Foxx. It is in theaters NOW.

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