Rent Good Time (2017)
3.2 of 5 from 472 ratings
1h 37min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- After a botched bank robbery lands his younger, mentally handicapped brother in prison, Constatine "Connie" Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate and dangerous attempt to get him out. Over the course ot one adrenaline blitzed night, Connie finds himself racing against the clock to save his brother and himself.
- Actors:
- Robert Pattinson, Ben Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Taliah Webster, Barkhad Abdi, Ron Braunstein, Peter Verby, Saida Mansoor, Gladys Mathon, Rose Gregorio, Eric Paykert, Astrid Corrales, Rachel Black, Hirakish Ranasaki, Maynard Nicholl, Ben Edelman, Laurence Blum, Jason Harvey, Robert Clohessy, Michael Kaufman
- Directors:
- Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie
- Producers:
- Sebastian Bear-McClard, Oscar Boyson, Terry Dougas, Paris Kasidokostas Latsis
- Writers:
- Ronald Bronstein, Joshua Safdie
- Studio:
- Curzon / Artificial Eye
- Genres:
- Thrillers
- Collections:
- A24: Collection, Films by Genre, Top 10 Palm Dog Winners
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/01/2018
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Cast and Crew Audio Commentary
- Interviews with the Safdie Brothers
- "The Pure and the Damned" by Oneohtrix
- Point Never Feat. Iggy Pop (Music Video)
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Reviews (8) of Good Time
Just thought I'd give a positive perspective. - Good Time review by RW
This is not a mainstream film, it is way too chaotic for that. It is strange, confusing and at times somewhat ridiculous but I would not call it boring. There is so much going on, the dialogue, direction and sound are all in your face, with the score by Oneohtrix Point Never high in the mix adding to the disorientation. Not everyone will enjoy this, though I did.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Weird but engrossing - Good Time review by HM
I can see why some would find this low budget movie not to their tastes as it is gritty and not up there with its glossier stablemates of crime/robbery genre. It does, however, have a street level feel to it and a seam of authenticity. Much of crime culture is mundane and populated with fools, not glamorous but seedy and sad. Note the dopes who end up in jail. Not many calculating geniuses amongst them.
I enjoyed it but then I am fed up with far fetched violence films anyway and the general glamorising of gangsters.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Disaster time - Good Time review by Alphaville
An in-yer-face tour-de-force of extreme hand-held close-ups that soon becomes too wearing to watch. The plot concerns two brothers, one of them mentally handicapped, who botch a bank robbery. You don’t want to spend time with such despicable characters. The dialogue is atrocious. The direction is amateurish. Pitched as a thriller, it’s anything but. Much of it is a visual mess. It plays like an experimental film by a student who needs more mentoring.
Robert Pattinson is a charismatic actor who makes some interesting film choices, but even he can’t hold this one together.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.