Day? Was it though? And for whom? One may almost think the title was chosen ironically. Now maybe it was meant for the viewer ... you know having a good time watching it. But that would depend on your defintion of it. You really do have to have a love for low budget movies, otherwise ... maybe stay clear from this.

Robert Pattinson gives a performance that will very likely be far removed from what we see him do in the new Batman movie. And that just goes to show you his range. While a movie he did for Netflix (he was one of many talented actors involved in the project) was ripe for people to make fun of (I actually enjoyed it),because of his accent ("Laz"),here he plays a character who is way over the top crazy.

But he still manages to make him likeable. You kind of root for the guy. Of course that also has to do with the person he is trying to do these things for - he seems like a gullible guy who gets into trouble, because of Pattinsons character ... a weird little gem/nugget of a movie - surely not for everyone to enjoy.

In NYC, Connie Nikas (Robert Pattinson) pushes his mentally handicap brother Nick into a bank robbery. They escape but a hidden dye pack explodes. Nick is caught by the cops. Connie desperately tries to get him out.

There is a devastating sense of inevitable doom. Connie's determination is undeniable. Pattinson's performance is awesome. His non-stop flow of lies are delivered with a straight face aggressiveness. It is uncomfortably mesmerizing. It never stops. My only wish is for the brothers to spend more time together. I would love to have the siblings' relationship develop. The surprise reveal is interesting although taking the standard path would have been fascinating. Pattinson is proving to be a compelling actor.

"Good Time" is an American English-language movie from 2017, so a really fresh and new release that runs for 100 minutes and was directed by Benny and Josh Safdie with one of them being also credited as a writer and the other playing the perhaps biggest supporting character. It is their second full feature film I think after a very prolific short film career. The star in the center of it all is Robert Pattinson and with his turn here he proves once more that he is in completely another category than most of his fellow Twilight actors, especially Lautner, and that he may be looking ahead to an equally great career as Kristen Stewart. But back to this one here. Pattinson is in basically every scene of the film and he elevated the material many times and carries the film single-handedly on his shoulders from start to finish. There are not many other known actors in here and those who are, like Jennifer Jason Leigh and Barkhad Abdi who both scored their first Oscar nominations not too long ago, only have a small deal of screen time. The film itself can be cleanly cut in two halves with the sequence in the old Black lady's house being at the very middle of it. Before that the focus is on the protagonist's brother and afterward the focus is on the guy who the protagonist thought to be his brother.

In my opinion, the film does get a bit worse in the second half story-wise, but it's not too much to change my overall positive perception of the film. This is a bit of a pity as I quite like Abdi and also because Pattinson's changed hair color could have made for a brightly shining creative sequence of events. But the only thing that was somewhat memorable from the second half is the moment he leaves the building eventually very close to the end. The actual ending with the mentally challenged brother in this group was also fairly weak again. The biggest question I asked myself during this film was why he used his brother too for the robbery if he loves him so much and always tries to protect and free him. Anyway, this film scored a pretty solid deal of awards recognition already and we will see if it stays that way when the real awards season keeps going. Can the Safdie brothers be considered the next Coen brothers? Certainly not yet. This film is a good start, but it really lacks in the execution of the subtle comedy moments still. But there is also a lot of good in here and they are still young, so certainly one of the more aspiring brother filmmakers these days. And as for Pattinson, I heard many times that this is his best career performance so far and maybe it is true. We can also expect a lot of greatness from him in the future I'm sure. All in all, the good in "Good Time" is certainly more frequent than the bad and I believe you will have the equivalent to the film's title when seeing this one. Go for it.