Good Time
Good Time’s inspired style, coupled with Pattinson’s compelling performance, are enough to carry the film past its narrative shortcomings.
Constantine ' Connie ' Nikas ( Robert Pattinson ) is a young man living in New York who just want to improve spirit for himself and his mentally - handicapped brother Nick ( Ben Safdie ) , by any means necessary . Rather than allowing his sidekick to be institutionalized for his behavior , Connie levy Nick for a bank robbery that promise to be wide-eyed and make them some easy money . However , one unforeseen complication gives rise to yet another and before the Nikas chum know it , the Book of Job has start entirely south , landing Nick in police custody and then prison in the outgrowth .
define to get his brother out of jail , Connie thus embarks upon a night - long quest that takes him into the city ’s seedy underbelly , in parliamentary procedure to observe the extra money ( $ 10,000 ) that he needs to make bond for Nick . As Connie ’s journeying becomes increasingly treacherous and violent , it becomes less and less a thing of whether or not Connie can " rescue " his brother from his spot - and more a question of whether or not Connie can rescue himself from a dark fate of his own .
The new film direct by brothers Ben and Josh Safdie ( pop Longlegs , Heaven know What),Good Timeis an adrenaline - fuel indie crime drama / thriller that doubles as an acting showcase for onetimeTwilightfranchise star , Robert Pattinson . Pattinson has spent the five class since the release of theTwilightfinale , Breaking Dawn - Part 2 , demonstrating his dramatic range by focalise on auteur - driven transportation ; that includes his collaborations with directors David Cronenberg ( Map to the Stars ) and James Grey ( The Lost City of Z ) , among other noteworthy film producer . Fortunately , Pattinson ’s work onGood Timegives him another feather to add up to his acting cap . Good Time ’s inspired style , coupled with Pattinson ’s compelling performance , are enough to sway the movie past its narrative shortcomings .
As much as Pattinson is the hotshot ofGood Time , he ’s nearly upstaged by the movie ’s general aesthetic and technical factor . Good Timepaints a vivid portrayal of life in economically - indigent New York at nighttime , often coloring its scenes with dazzling rays of neon red , racy and purple , yet beguile every sordid detail of its characters and scenery , at the same meter . WhileGood Timehas very much the look and feel of a micro - budget production , it create a new sense of mealy atm through its commonplace portrayal of the vicious underworld ( literally ) beneath NY ’s towering skyline and upper - class society . Cinematographer Sean Price Williams ( a frequent Alex Ross Perry collaborator who previously worked with the Safdies onHeaven Knows What ) tends to snap the proceeding here in closeup , in part to keep the movie tighten up to the struggles of its characters . This makes it all the more effective whenGood Timedoes film in wider shot , accent just how small its players are in the eyes of the man .
Drawing from a script that Josh Safdie cowrote with Ronald Bronstein ( who , as he did onHeaven know What , serves as both cowriter and coeditor here),Good Timeis come to with the difficulties that its workings - course of study case face - include , institutional barriers that are based on backwash and especially genial wellness - but never dives all that deeply into these emergence , over the row of its basal single - Nox timeline . The progressively outlandish series of effect and game points that transpire as Pattinson ’s Connie Nikas endeavor to " save " his chum are befit of the pulpy crime / Noir sub - genre thatGood Timefalls into , but clash with the film ’s attempts to achieve naive realism and incline to be to a fault - telegraphed or project , along the mode . Connie ’s odyssey is meant to be an absurd one that both generates sympathy for his plight and explains the despair that fuels his frequently - despicable demeanor , butGood Time ’s habit of prioritizing surface - layer thrills over rich secret plan / character ontogenesis keep it from achieving that destination .
sealed supporting character inGood Timeare too too thinly - sketched for their own good - namely , the two chief female characters , in the forms of Connie ’s older " lady friend " Corey ( Jennifer Jason Leigh ) and Crystal ( newcomer Taliah Webster ) , a teenager whom Connie seduces / forces into help him along the style on his ill - advised journey . Pattison ’s operation make up for the film ’s leaps in logic in these respects , by selling Connie as someone who has enough sleazy charm and genuine desperation to plausibly win over those around him that they should help him , even when it ’s glaringly obvious that he ’s only using them . The character of Ray ( Buddy Duress ) , a fellow malefactor who is forced by circumstance to play with Connie , serve to allowGood Timeto call out Connie for his terrible behavior , but that plot screw thread does n’t get enough development to resonate as strongly as intend . On the other hand , despite being limited in his screen clip , Ben Safdie is refreshfully down to earth and respectful in his own performance , making Connie ’s brother Nick feel more like a substantial person and less like the stereotype of a mentally - handicapped individual .
Despite having interracial achiever when it follow to presenting Connie as both a complicated and engaging antihero , Good Timedelivers on its own promise of thrills and flows along smoothly throughout its runtime , even with a narrative that is inherently occasional in construction . The pic line up a number of different , yet equally stylish mode to arrange its various pursual sequences , be it through creative use of context ( including , an entertainment parking area ride , at one point ) or by mixing things up in full term of camerawork ( filming base - chases both on the earth and from a bird’s - eye aspect ) . What really fuelsGood Time ’s action at law , however , is a propulsive score composed by Oneohtrix Point Never ( The Bling Ring ) - one that can be overpowering at times , but never go to get the moving-picture show ’s beat racing .
As much a showcase for its directors ' dash as it is Pattinson ’s acting , near Timeis a self-coloured race - against - the - clock thriller that falls short of being as socially - witting or emotionally - resonant as it aim to be . Good Timedoesn’t have as much plot substance to match its flashiness and its technological flourishes do n’t always congratulate its themes and idea , either . The movie yet both illustrates that the Safdie brothers have a typical filmmaking voice ( if one that is still developing ) and further demonstrates Pattinson ’s abilities , as an worker . While it ’s not quite a recent summer movie time of year departure that take to be seen on the big screenland , Good Timeoffers enough of a … well , see the title , for rooter of indie cinema especially to earn a good word .
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Good Timeis now act in a semi - wide theatrical release in the U.S. It is 101 minutes long and is Rated R for speech throughout , violence , drug role and intimate content .
Good Time is a heist thriller that stars Robert Pattinson as Constantine Nikas , a pocket-size - clock time crook who run away after a botched robbery only to see his young pal transmit to prison . To free him , Constantine must plunge head - first into the criminal Scheol and hold up unparalleled violence and chaos over the course of one night if he hopes to free him .
Robert Pattinson in Good Time
Taliah Webster in Good Time
