Good Time Dvd

Good Time is a 2017 American crime thriller film directed by Josh and Benny Safdie and written by Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein. It stars Robert Pattinson as a bank robber who attempts to free his developmentally disabled brother (Benny Safdie) from police custody after he ends up in the hospital. Barkhad Abdi, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Buddy Duress co-star. The original soundtrack was composed by electronic musician Oneohtrix Point Never.

The film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or in the 2017 Cannes Film Festival’s main competition section and received critical praise.

Plot

Connie Nikas forcibly removes his developmentally disabled brother Nick from a therapy session. At the insistence of Connie, the two then rob a New York City bank for $65,000. They almost escape, but a dye pack explodes in a money bag while in their getaway car, causing the driver to crash. Connie and Nick flee on foot, washing the dye from their clothes and hiding the money in a Domino’s Pizza restroom. As the two walk down the street, they are stopped by police. Nick panics, runs, and is arrested while Connie narrowly escapes.

Connie attempts to secure a bail bond with the stolen money, but so much of it has been ruined by the dye that he needs $10,000 more to get Nick out of jail. He convinces his girlfriend, Corey, to pay with her mother’s credit cards, only to learn too late that her mother has cancelled them. Connie learns that Nick has been hospitalized after a fight with an inmate, and goes to the hospital and breaks out the unconscious and bandaged Nick via an Access-A-Ride bus. Afterwards, Connie convinces a woman from the same bus to let them stay in her house with her 16-year-old granddaughter, Crystal. While they watch TV, the news shows photos of Connie; to distract Crystal, Connie kisses and makes out with her. Hearing screams from the other room, Connie walks in and realizes the man he broke out of the hospital is not Nick, but a man recently released on parole named Ray.

Connie, Ray, and Crystal drive back to the hospital in Crystal’s grandmother’s car, only to find the hospital entrance swarmed by police. They stop at a White Castle where Connie sends Crystal in to place an order. Ray explains to Connie the last things he remembers before waking up in the house: Ray had joined his friends in hustling LSD in an arcade after being released from jail, only to flee after one of them robs a store of cash. They fled to the Adventureland amusement park where they hid the money and a Sprite bottle containing the LSD before everyone except Ray got caught by the cops. Ray eventually got in a taxi cab, the driver of which threatened to take Ray to the local precinct for not having any money, forcing Ray to jump out of the moving vehicle, injuring himself.

Connie convinces Ray that they go to Adventureland and find the money, and Crystal stays in the car once they arrive outside the park. While searching for the cash, Ray finds the bottle of LSD just before they are discovered by Dash, a security guard who had called the cops upon noticing the two break in. Ray is briefly detained until Connie ambushes Dash and beats him unconscious. As the cops arrive, Connie dons Dash’s uniform and Ray pours some of the LSD down Dash’s throat to make him incoherent. Connie convinces the police that the guard was the intruder and destroys a hard drive containing security footage. Police find Crystal waiting outside and take her into custody.

Ray and Connie break into Dash’s high-rise apartment, where Connie insists Ray call his criminal friend Caliph to buy back the LSD so he can get a share for the bail money. Ray begins questioning Connie, who in return tells Ray he is a leech on society. When Caliph arrives, Connie demands $15,000; Caliph agrees, but gestures to Ray that he will retrieve a firearm instead. Sensing something suspicious, Connie flees with the LSD, but is caught by police outside the building and arrested. Spotting the LSD bottle fall out of Connie’s bag, Ray calls Caliph and informs him of its location as more cops arrive outside the apartment. Ray attempts to escape outside a window and falls to his death.

After Connie takes responsibility for his crimes, Nick joins a therapy class and participates in a group activity as the credits roll.

Cast

Robert Pattinson as Constantine “Connie” Nikas, a small time bank robber, Nick’s older brother and Corey’s boyfriend.
Benny Safdie as Nickolas “Nick” Nikas, Connie’s younger, developmentally disabled brother.
Buddy Duress as Ray, a criminal recently released on parole.
Taliah Lennice Webster as Crystal, a teenage girl who helps Connie.
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Corey Ellman, Connie’s girlfriend.
Barkhad Abdi as Dash, a security guard.
Necro as Caliph, a criminal friend of Ray.
Peter Verby as Peter, Nick’s psychiatrist.
Saida Mansoor as Agapia Nikas
Gladys Mathon as Annie
Rose Gregorio as Loren Ellman
Eric Paykert as Eric the Bail Bondsman.