History Film / GoodTime

Constatine "Connie" Nikas (Robert Pattinson) is a bank robber from Queens, New York who ends up in a mess when his mentally handicapped brother Nick Nikas ([[DescendedCreator Ben Safdie]]) winds up in Riker’s Island after a hastily executed bank robbery goes horribly wrong. Connie now must spend the night trying to get Nick out one way or another, meeting an assortment of characters while also trying to avoid the law enforcement looking for him.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Nick is heavily implied to have Downs Syndrome and wears hearing aids.

** Music/{{Necro}}'s role also qualifies as such, having played a bigger role in ''Heaven Knows What'', the Safdie brothers' previous film

* TheAlcoholic: Ray. The first thing he does when he gets out of prison is drain a bottle of booze. When he arrives in Dash's apartment, the first thing he does is drain a bottle of booze.

* DysfunctionJunction: Connie's a mentally ill bank robber, Nick is a mentally-disabled [[TheWoobie Woobie]] dragged into his plans, Corey is an ExtremeDoormat whom Connie easily manipulates and Ray is a LargeHam drug dealer whom Connie forces to help out. Even Crystal, while a level-headed and nice enough kid, is living in messy near-squalor with her grandparents, with a fridge bereft of food and full of jars of unspecified bodily fluids.

* ParentalAbandonment: Connie and Nick were apparently raised by their grandmotherband it's not really mentioned where their parents are. Ditto for Crystal.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Oh lord, Connie and Nick. Nick is heavily implied to have Downs Syndrome and wears hearing aids, while Connie is a ManipulativeBastard [[TheSociopath sociopath]] with no real positive personality traits (save for the fact he does seem to love his brother, though that doesn't stop him from involving him in a bank robbery). Corey seems to have issues too, being prone to mood swings and is an ExtremeDoormat with a short attention span.

* BlackEyesOfEvil[=/=]BlackEyesOfCrazy: Connie has both [[spoiler:when he's in the police cruiser at the end of the movie.]]

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Oh lord, Connie and Nick. Nick is heavily implied to have Downs Syndrome and wears hearing aids, while Connie is a ManipulativeBastard [[TheSociopath sociopath]] with no real positive personality traits (save for the fact he does seem to love his brother, though that doesn't stop him from involving him a bank robbery). Corey seems to have issues too, being prone to mood swings and is an ExtremeDoormat with a short attention span.

Other stars include Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Barkhad Abdi, and Buddy Duress. The cinematography was provided by Sean Price Williams, while the film was edited by Ben Safdie and Ronald Bronstein.

Other stars include Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Barkhad Abid, and Buddy Duress. The cinematography was provided by Sean Price Williams, while the film was edited by Ben Safdie and Ronald Bronstein.

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Constatine "Connie" Nikas (Robert Pattinson) is a bank robber from Queens, New York who ends up in a mess when his mentally handicapped brother Nick Nikas ([[DescendedCreator Ben Safdie]]) winds up in Riker’s Island after a hastily executed bank robbery goes horribly wrong. Connie now must spend the night trying to get Nick out one way or another, meeting an assortment of characters while also trying to avoid the law enforcement looking for him. Other stars include Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Barkhad Abid, and Buddy Duress.

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''Good Time'' premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was instantly acclaimed for the Safdies' direction, cinematography, soundtrack (provided by Music/OneohtrixPointNever) and Pattinson's performance.

''Good Time'' is a 2017 crime-drama film directed by Ben and Josh Safdie and starring Creator/RobertPattinson. Constatine "Connie" Nikas (Robert Pattinson) is a bank robber from Queens, New York who ends up in a mess when his mentally handicapped brother Nick Nikas ([[DescendedCreator Ben Safdie]]) winds up in Riker’s Island after a hastily executed bank robbery goes horribly wrong. Connie now must spend the night trying to get Nick out one way or another, meeting an assortment of characters while also trying to avoid the law enforcement looking for him.

Also starring Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Barkhad Abdi and Buddy Duress, ''Good Time'' premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was instantly acclaimed for the Safdies' direction, cinematography, soundtrack (provided by Music/OneohtrixPointNever) and Pattinson's performance.

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* TheBigRottenApple: The film takes place in Queens, New York and generally comes across as a WretchedHive of crime, drugs and dysfunction.

* PunchClockVillain: Dash, the security guard at the AmusementParkOfDoom, is simply trying to do his job and stop Connie.

* StupidEvil: Connie. People get hurt [[spoiler:and even die]] because of his impulsive actions, while Connie is too dense to realize the harm he's bringing. It's to the point where [[WebOriginal/DoubleToasted Korey Coleman]] sees the film as a BlackComedy about a woefully inept moron making the situation progressively worse.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Dash and and Crystal are both arrested, and the audience is not told what happens to them afterwards. It can be assumed that the police would eventually figure out the Dash was working security and had been framed by Connie. Crystal's fate, however, is more uncertain.]]

Also starring Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, [[Film/CaptainPhillips Barkhad Abdi]] and Buddy Duress, ''Good Time'' premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was instantly acclaimed for the Safdies' direction, cinematography, soundtrack (provided by Music/OneohtrixPointNever) and Pattinson's performance.

* AmateurCast: Nick, Crystal and Ray are played by non-actors, and in Nick's case, the co-director of the movie.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Dash and and Crystal are both arrested, and the audience is not told what happens to them afterwards. It can be assumed that the police would eventually figure out the Dash was working security and had been framed by Connie. Crystal's fate, however, is more uncertain.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Crystal, who's heavily implied to be smarter and more GenreSavvy than Connie is.