Baby Driver Review: 5 Ups & 4 Downs

3. Jamie Foxx & Kevin Spacey Steal The Show

Baby Driver Jamie Foxx Kevin Spacey Edgar Wright Flea
TriStar Pictures

Baby Driver has one Hell of a supporting cast, and though they're not all used to their full potential (Jon Bernthal and Flea are barely in it, for example), Jamie Foxx and Kevin Spacey in particular run away with just about every scene they're featured in.

Foxx plays Bats, the mentally unstable, murderous member of the bank robbing team, and his erratic nature results in many of the movie's funniest and most tense moments.

Kevin Spacey, meanwhile, is crime kingpin Doc, bringing the requisite menace House of Cards fans will surely expect, while also getting a ton of the movie's most riotous one-liners and even getting to drop a ridiculous Monsters Inc. reference. Really. Speaking of references...

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