Good Time was… trippy.
This is Pattinson in his dirtiest, most depraved performance to date, and he knocks it out of the park.
The film centers around Pattinson as Connie and his mentally handicapped brother Nick whom he makes an accessory to his crimes resulting in Nick's arrest. Connie attempts to raise enough money to bail his brother out of jail through further illegal means. What occurs is dark, brutal, and enthralling.
As I've already mentioned, Pattinson selling himself as this sociopathic criminal is essential to this film’s success and he does so with aplomb, there are several scenes where he's legitimately terrifying in his vicious calculation.
The film is supported by a fantastic score that's pretty synth heavy and fits the backdrop of drugs and violence that permeates everything, we don't just witness Connie's quest to acquire money we see the film expose the underbelly of the city itself, a place where Connie fits right in.
Benny Safdie as Nick is another standout here, the opening scene with him and his therapist is stunning. The film’s ability to bring humanity to a character like Connie who through all of his horrific actions is trying desperately to help his brother makes for an utterly engrossing watch.
8/10 An unrelenting downer peppered with uppers.
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