Good Time

— This is a stark, loud, gritty crime drama reminiscent 1970s' crime films. Two brothers, one with some kind of cognitive disability, try to mask trauma from their past while constantly living on the edge in the present. Robert Pattinson’s role reminds you of an Al Pacino character or Dustin Hoffman’s Ratso Rizzo, so he successfully throws off his pretty boy image for a fast-talking criminal making one bad decision after another. Camera angles are often a little awkward with shots a little too close or at an odd angle, making quarters seem tight and dicey. It's world where police sirens are always in the background, along with guns, violence, blood, and drugs. As far as the brothers go, there’s as much conscience and nefariousness going on amidst breakneck action tightly crammed into 100 screen minutes. I was impressed by the film but I wanted people to stop shouting, and I wanted the lighting sometimes be less harsh, and I wanted the electro-rock score to fade a little more and a little more often. When it was over, I wished I’d brought ear plugs.

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[2017. 100 min. Directed by Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie. Starring Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, and Taliah Webster.]
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/good-time-2017