Good Time
A24 | Release Date: August 11, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
33
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerAug 17, 2017
Tense, immersive and excellently assaulting, Good Time is hella time. Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangAug 10, 2017
At once a swift, relentless chase thriller and an exhilarating mood piece that recalls the great, gritty crime dramas of Sidney Lumet and Abel Ferrara, Good Time is also exactly what it says it is: a thrill, a blast, a fast-acting tonic of a movie. Read full review
100
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 25, 2017
These restlessly independent auteurs have passed the genre-foray test with flying neon colors, at no cost or compromise to their abrasively humane worldview. Read full review
100
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaMay 25, 2017
For all its throttling thrills, Good Time is a film about a destructive love — and loving someone despite not having the right kind of love to give them. Ignore the deceptively convivial title: This is the kind of thrill that sticks. Read full review
100
Screen DailyTim GriersonMay 25, 2017
Plenty of films revolve around heists gone wrong, but few have the desperate, grungy velocity of Good Time. Read full review
91
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallAug 24, 2017
The Safdies' knack for '70s-era grit set to techno beats impresses nearly as much as their star, a teen dream waking up to an exciting new stage of his career. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyKevin P. SullivanAug 10, 2017
The wild night eventually turns downright rabid, but ­Pattinson anchors Good Time, completely selling Connie from the moment he bursts into the frame and delivering the best performance of his career. Read full review
91
The Film StageRory O'ConnorMay 27, 2017
It is a remarkably vivid and fresh piece of filmmaking, one that builds on the directors’ previous outings without being overly familiar. Read full review
91
IndieWireEric KohnMay 25, 2017
After such powerful momentum, the brothers don’t quite stick the landing, but it’s a thrill to watch them try. Read full review
91
The PlaylistJessica KiangMay 25, 2017
A high watermark in the fusion of genre and arthouse, and an anthemic, youthful blast of generational pop art, “Good Time” is a 100 minute-long string of fire emojis, that begins and ends with a heart. Read full review
90
ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyAug 17, 2017
Good Time is a uniquely exhilarating experience with a sharp, unflinching style and a magnetic performance from Robert Pattinson. Read full review
90
SlateDana StevensAug 17, 2017
Having already admired Pattinson’s post-vampire work in David Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" and elsewhere, I wasn’t surprised to see him kill it in this role as a shambling antihero in the "Dog Day Afternoon" mode. With this movie, both Pattinson and the Safdie brothers have broken new ground in their careers. Read full review
90
Paste MagazineTim GriersonAug 10, 2017
Good Time features no shootouts or car chases—there isn’t a single explosion in the whole film. The Safdies and Pattinson don’t need any of that. Like Connie, they thrive on their wits and endless inventiveness—the thrill comes in marveling at how far it can take them. Read full review
90
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonAug 10, 2017
Containing as much forward motion as any film in recent memory, Good Time is as heartbreaking as it is exhilarating, and that’s no small thing. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMay 25, 2017
This is a richly textured genre piece that packs a visceral charge in its restless widescreen visuals and adrenalizing music Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy BurrAug 24, 2017
Good Time is a prime example of what the cynical or the uninterested might dismiss as “feel-bad cinema” — low budget, kitchen-sink realism about unpleasant people in worse situations. It also happens to be one of the most uncompromising movies I’ve seen all year: vibrant and desperate and alive, it’s a work hanging on by its fingernails. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsAug 17, 2017
Most crime movies, even alleged indies, make it easy for the audience to take sides and establish clear rooting interests. Good Time is better than that: It’s not always easy to take, yet you can’t look away. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 11, 2017
It’s one of those rare movies that makes you feel edgy, conveying its protagonist’s dilemma in ways that prey on your nerves and emotions more than just relaying a night-from-hell anecdote. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter TraversAug 10, 2017
As directed by the Safdie brothers, Josh and Benny, the movie rips through 100 minutes of screen time like Wile E. Coyote with his tail on fire. It's electrifying. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayJul 30, 2017
The Safdies play with time like it’s an accordion, stretching out notes of bliss and anxiety while compressing the daily lives of their characters in order to convey the constant state of hustle and stresses necessitated by being poor and hungry for drugs, cash, or a bite to eat in New York City. Read full review
83
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerAug 12, 2017
Good Time is a film of trembling anxiety, and while the score and the Safdies’ terrific direction both aid this, it’s Pattinson’s outstanding performance that pins even the most outlandish occurrences to a deep sense of emotion. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Aug 10, 2017
Stripping away almost all traces of movie-star glamour to reveal the naked, nervy talent underneath, Pattinson finally bursts out of the chrysalis of his pin-up boy celebrity. The metamorphosis from YA heartthrob into electrifying character actor is complete. Read full review
80
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottAug 24, 2017
Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein's story has no apparent qualms with throwing various far-fetched twists at its audience, but the film's overall tone -- which is rooted in a sobering reality, as opposed to the glorified outlook of so many other crime dramas -- lends it a sense of thoughtfulness and emotional resonance. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAug 24, 2017
Pattinson is what helps us keep pace. He completely inhabits Connie with his jittery, twitchy efforts — he can’t stand still, so neither can we. Read full review
80
The New YorkerAnthony LaneAug 14, 2017
It is not that Pattinson has ceased to make our hearts throb but that he has learned to claw at our nerves, too, and even to turn our stomachs, all without sinking his teeth into a single neck. The vampire is laid to rest. Read full review
80
Time OutDave CalhounAug 11, 2017
Pattinson is great in what is surely his best post-Twilight performance to date. Read full review
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 25, 2017
When Good Time’s good, it’s properly electric, and the star turn goes off like an illegal firework. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 28, 2017
Connie (Robert Pattinson) is one of those individuals who constantly seems to be on the edge of a violent explosion and that potential makes watching Good Time a frequently exhausting experience. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonAug 24, 2017
Good Time is not so much a crime drama as it is a meditation on the genre’s virtues and limitations. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 11, 2017
Pattinson, who never lets on that he’s wearing an alien accent, gives Connie just a hidden hint of charm. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoAug 17, 2017
Good Time is just that and little more, but Robert Pattinson's performance deserves praise like "career-defining" and "best yet." Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldAug 24, 2017
Pattinson keeps you interested, even when the movie’s tone and pace wobbles. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 17, 2017
Good Time is a hallucinatory and often gripping one-night stand of mishaps, mayhem and madness. Ultimately, though, the sometimes clever story runs out of steam and limps across the finish line, and the in-your-face characters and camerawork, not to mention the in-your-ears score, left me not all that involved and a bit exhausted. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleMay 25, 2017
The journey through a nighttime New York is rich in realistic characters, observational details and some original locations. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 25, 2017
The film has its own kind of mad, migrainey energy and individuality, and Robert Pattinson gives a strong, charismatic performance. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonAug 23, 2017
The movie pitches Connie’s behavior as the spur-of-the-moment improvisations of a hustler out to save his brother, often played for laughs, but a ruthlessness shows through. This adds a toxic tone to scenes that involve immigrants and minorities, though this is probably unintended. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadayAug 17, 2017
What starts out as an invigorating odyssey winds up becoming an enervating series of postures. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisAug 16, 2017
In the end, the whole enterprise comes off as too clever for its own good, a social satire without a clear target. It’s a movie that you admire more than you like. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAug 16, 2017
Good Time demonstrates an admirable daring in its technique and willingness to go against the grain, but its payoff isn’t equal to its challenges. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedAug 11, 2017
This one he (Pattinson) could have skipped. Vile and repulsive, Good Time is just under two hours of pointless toxicity. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. ScottAug 10, 2017
Sometimes it flaunts its clichés...and other times it cloaks them in rough visual textures and jumpy, bumpy camera movements, so that a rickety genre thrill ride feels like something daring and new. It isn’t. It’s stale, empty and cold. Read full review
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