I’m a sucker for a good crime film, and Josh and Ben Safdie’s Good Time is one of the best I’ve seen in years.

Starring a phenomenal Robert Pattinson as a desperate bank robber, and co-director Ben Safdie as the mentally disabled brother he’s trying to protect, Good Time is both an adrenaline rush and a surprisingly nuanced character study.

Pattinson disappears into his role as volatile crook Connie — we’re a long way from Twilight. It’s hard to make you root for a guy this morally compromised, but he pulls it off.

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