What is Baby Driver about?
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
A getaway driver with tinnitus blasts music to drown out the noise while navigating a doomed heist.
High-octane and pulpy. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Paramount+.
Baby Driver parents guide
It stays inside its R, with some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is Baby Driver scary?
- Only a little. Baby Driver has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Baby Driver?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Baby Driver rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Rated R, and it earns it: strong violence and frequent strong language. Not one for kids.
Cast and crew
Directed byEdgar Wright
StarringAnsel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Jon Bernthal
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