I know that 20 percent isn't a huge discount, but it's the psychology of sales. Like the anniversary sale at Electric Fetus Tuesday June 8 through Sunday June 13. Everything is 20 percent off except stuff such as tickets, tobacco, gift cards, mix & burn CDs and items already on sale. Typical navigation options are available.I love storewide sales, when everything is on sale. The disc opens with the Lionsgate Logo followed by trailers for A24 films Woodshock, A Ghost Story, The Rover, It Comes At Night, and American Honey before landing on the Main Menu. The film is pressed onto a BD25 disc and packaged in a standard keepcase with slipcover and an UltraViolet Digital Copy. Good Time arrives on Region A Blu-ray thanks to Lionsgate and A24. What the Safdie brothers have done is craft an engaging thriller with heart that doesn’t stop even as the end credits start rolling. We may not agree with his values but love is love no matter if it's your brother, your fling, or some random teenager helping you get some chicken nuggets and hair dye. Connie just wants a better life for his disabled brother Nick so badly he is willing to lie, cheat, and steal at a breakneck pace. Though marketed simply as a crime thriller with heartthrob Pattinson looking shaggy, Good Time has some real meat on its bones with heavy emotional themes and a wavering moral compass. I had some doubts going in thinking that this would be a mess of stereotypes and attempted method acting held together with an electro score meant to distract. Scoring is spot on thanks to Oneohtrix Point Never providing a synth-heavy score that steals the film for me. The lack of visual clarity gives a docudrama feel that accentuates the already gritty atmosphere of the film’s urban setting. Co-directed by Benny and Josh Safdie, the brothers combine 35mm handheld cameras with slick cinematic shots to give this run and gun feature some real substance and a mature presentation. From one problem to another Pattinson’s character is ready to dive in without looking. As a far-reaching comparison, it reminds me of something like Run Lola Run. Good Time is a tense thriller with brotherly love at its heart. One of my favorite lines occurs when Crystal attempts to rationalize Connie’s situation to which he replies, “Don’t be confused it’s just gonna make it worse for me”. Slacker teen Crystal (Taliah Webster) and parolee Ray (Buddy Duress) are inexplicably thrown into the mix and decide to help him with only mild hesitation. Other supporting characters can relate to Connie’s troubles with the law or at least the story he presents to them. Leigh’s work is spot on her constant return to these types of characters feels a bit clichéd. Side girlfriend Corey (Jennifer Jason Leigh) though living in a swanky high rise with her mother easily falls prey to Connie’s kind eyes and ends up crying over her mother’s canceled credit cards. How he navigates the hustle and those he involves is indicative of a life lived in the underbelly of society. His hyper-awareness works to dig himself out of trouble but rarely keeps him out of the crosshairs.
Pattinson’s Connie is a greasy yet charismatic criminal who cannot wait for the present. What transpires is an exercise in hustling, fast-talking, and keeping your stories straight. When Connie can’t seem to get the cash in time he decides to bust Nick out of the hospital.
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Before he is able to collect the full amount Nick is hospitalized after getting into a fight with another inmate.
Connie works tirelessly through the night to scrounge up the necessary bail money. When the escape goes awry Nick is caught by the cops and sent to Rikers Island. Donning masks the two brothers rob a bank as easily as it was for Connie to convince Nick to “help” him pull off the job. During one of Nick’s court-appointed therapy sessions, Connie leads him out of the room just as he was having a breakthrough with his therapist. What good is a hero if he can’t even help you? Are good intentions enough?Ĭonstantine Nikas aka: Connie (Robert Pattinson) is a low-level criminal who looks after his learning-disabled brother Nick (Benny Safdie) in a manner that might seem counterproductive. Ultimately his efforts are more damaging than supportive. Co-directors Josh and Benny Safdie portray the frenzied journey of a man out to save his brother’s life but ends up making things worse for those he cares about most. In the crime thriller Good Time, our anti-hero looks and acts the part but only has the best intentions for saving the day. They’re a rogue spirit that ignores convention and just gets the job done.
They question authority and look out for those trapped by society’s ills. “I think I was a dog in a previous life.”
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