Safety Not Guaranteed
Safety Not Guaranteed
R | 08 June 2012 (USA)
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Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

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GamerTab

That was an excellent one.

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Hadrina

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Donald Seymour

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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cricketbat

Safety Not Guaranteed is not a laugh-out-loud comedy, but it is an amusing comedy. Aubrey Plaza plays herself with a twist of emotion and Mark Duplass gives a very convincing performance as an amiable crazy person. This movie has heart, it has quirk, it has cheese and it appropriately balances the three. Some may be put off by the strangeness of it all, but that's just the government implant in your brain talking.

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The Couchpotatoes

I only know Aubrey Plaza from Parks & Recreation, and that show is hilarious. In Safety Not Guaranteed she has the same cheeky innocent face like in the show and it perfectly works again. Her strange relation with Mark Duplass in the movie is lighthearted and entertaining to watch. You would think this movie is a typical afternoon television movie but it's actually better than a lot of movies that get in the theaters for some reason. The story is very simple but it works. The weirdness of Mark Duplass and the gullible attention Aubrey Plaza gives him are the major attractions of this movie but you won't get tired of it. It's a feelgood movie that doesn't need a big budget to make it good. Point is that I didn't get bored and that's a good thing.

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alanpgini

Very slow, but its worth it. Great ending, but the last words of the ending could have been better. These two things helped bring the film down a couple notches. Plus it also didn't stay true to the ad in the paper, which had inspired this story-line. Add in a small plot hole near the end, and a 9 of 10 movie becomes a 7 of 10. But they can be forgiven for these small sins. You've got to give credit to the producers who made this on a 4 thousand dollar budget, and made 4 million out of it. Who am I to nit-pick that kind of success? It's these kind of shoestring budget movies, few as they are in this quality, that makes Hollywood look like an idiots playground. Even with its problems, its well worth the watch, based upon the total package of being a sci-fi love story that works. This came out in 2012, near the same time as "The Adjustment Bureau" film. Sadly, these two didn't start a trend. Like all good films, it makes you think, after the final credits roll. I myself have always said, that regrets are for people with time machines. After all, we were who we were back then. But I'm also a sucker for a good film, or even just a good love story, that tries to answer those regrets.

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rie-63184

The source material for this film is a well-known newspaper advertisement. They could have just run with that, making it about a guy who wants to time travel and his life and regrets but they did not stop there. The story is science fiction, fantasy and real-relationship. This little film is crafted with wonderful story line, dialog, plot. It brilliantly handles very complex themes involving the past and regret. However, the film is not just about going back and changing something in your past. It is mostly about the power of love to heal emotional wounds. There is a message about past loves, new loves, and employment.

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