Good Time

A kinetic social thriller that feels burnt out from the first shot and isn’t helped much by the lobotomized twists, or even the likable but insensitively used 80s analogue hell soundtrack from Oneohtrix Point Never. Pattinson gives the best performance of his career - but let's face it, his character is so external that he doesn't have to do all that much work. (27/05/2017)

A raw and pretty original insight into the life of a cunning thief. Pattinson enjoys his role of perverse scab with strange moral boundaries. His attempts at getting his disabled brother out of prison/hospital and the winding road leading to this goal serves only as a way of investigating the logic both of the main protagonist and of the lower classes of dirty New York. Great music, unbelievable pace. (03/11/2021)

It's hard to judge when intense and brilliantly crafted stylization and unpredictable development clash with a weak script and overblown ambitions. I understand the randomness in the twists and turns as a reflection of the utter destruction of the social backdrop and future, but I don't really get why it's driven (however impressively) through an artificially over-designed cybernetic form and why I have to suggestively experience a plot full of nonsense and illogic. I really liked the attention to details, the opening part before the hospital escape, Pattinson's sweaty performance and the unpredictability that makes the film never boring and never letting you breathe. Unfortunately, however, I watched it with the same disinterest as the presidential election in Burkina Faso, which is a big and painful defeat. (29/12/2017)

The weirdest movie this year, where the five stars around here are a mystery to me. The film has very off-putting to the point of being cheesy visuals, I found the ubiquitous Robert Pattinson very unlikeable to the point of being sleazy, I didn't find the story interesting at all and although the script is unpredictable it is far from intelligent. I considered turning it off halfway through, but eventually finished the film with difficulty. It didn't sit well with me. The kind of film where nothing of substance happens at all whether it's a twist, action or violence, everything is absent. 40%. (07/11/2017)

This is an interesting film that some will be excited about in how different it is, others will be rather disgusted, and then there will be those, like me, who don't know what to think, if it's really that good or if it's actually a misstep that masquerades as good. But it's definitely a film that deserves more than one viewing. (28/02/2018)