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- 2017
- Benny Safdie
- 97 mins
- 15
Summary
A heist-gone-wrong results in scuzzy low-rent criminal Connie Niklas (Robert Pattinson brutally playing against type) desperately attempting to spring his mentally-disabled brother Nick (Bennie Safdie) from New York's notorious Rikers Island prison. After a misfiring attempt to acquire $10,000 for his brother's parole, the hyperactive Connie finds himself on the lam, hiding out where he can and forging unlikely alliances with untrustworthy crims around the city.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Damon Wise
The 1980s yuppie-nightmare movie gets a rinse and spin along with the 90s heist-gone-wrong saga in this fresh and unpredictable crime story. Robert Pattinson plays Constantine "Connie" Nikas, a small-fry New York criminal whose ingenious bank heist ends in disaster, with his injured, learning-disabled accomplice and brother Nick (the film's co-director Benny Safdie) under police watch in hospital. Connie hatches a plan to spring him, but events quickly spiral out of control to near-farcical degrees. But even as it reaches fever pitch - a key scene involves a funfair and a bottle of liquid LSD - Pattinson, in possibly his best performance to date, maintains a steely focus throughout. Though he superficially resembles the moody neon-noir-style hero patented by Ryan Gosling in Drive, with which Good Time shares a fascination for moody 80s electro-pop, Pattinson mines the role for delicious black comedy instead, as it transpires that this would-be criminal mastermind is actually a moron.
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Cast
rolenameConstantine Nikas, "Connie"Robert PattinsonNick NikasBenny SafdieCorey EllmanJennifer Jason LeighRayBuddy DuressCrystalTaliah Lennice WebsterDash, park security guardBarkhad Abdi
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rolenameDirectorBenny SafdieDirectorJosh Safdie
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Theatrical distributor
Curzon Artifiicial Eye
Released on
2017-11-17
Languages
English
Guidance
Violence, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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