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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Safety Not Guaranteed
Safety Not GuaranteedQuote: Safety Not Guaranteed is a 2012 American comedy film based on a YTMND fad that originated in a 1997 Backwoods Home Magazine classified ad by a person asking for someone to accompany him in time travel. It was screened at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am Posts: 14544 Location: LA / NYC
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
A wonderful, moving and often hilarious film, and my current favorite of 2012 thus far. Aubrey Plaza proves she can carry a film here and is fantastic in the leading role, and the rest of the cast is uniformly great. It will be hard to find another film this summer that is this imaginative. A must see. A
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Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:01 am |
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
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Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:06 am |
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jmovies
Let's Call It A Bromance
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:22 pm Posts: 12333
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
My second favorite of the year so far. Everyone was great, a fantastic story, and it also helps that Aubrey Plaza looked beautiful throughout it all. ****
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Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:36 pm |
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
I hope this continues to do well. A film this crowd pleasing, this rousing, deserves crowds.
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Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:45 pm |
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 am Posts: 18956 Location: San Diego
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
Surprised by the praise. I enjoyed it though, liked the cast.
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Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:32 pm |
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34878 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
David wrote: I hope this continues to do well. A film this crowd pleasing, this rousing, deserves crowds. I really hope so too so maybe it will, by some miracle, open here.
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Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:34 pm |
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34878 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
It opens here Friday. Very excited.
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Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:57 am |
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34878 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
I loved this. A funny, incredibly charming offbeat love story. Aubrey Plaza is wonderful. I loved the ending too.
9/10 (A-)
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Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:24 pm |
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Bradley Witherberry
Extraordinary
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:13 pm Posts: 15197 Location: Planet Xatar
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
Safety Not Guaranteed was the most enjoyable film I've seen in ages - - the story is so pleasantly surprising all the way through!
I've never made a secret of my love of time travel films, and this is a most worthy addition to the sub-genre. It's right up there with other greats from the past decade or so like Frequency, Primer, The Jacket, Butterfly Effect, The Lake House, and Deja Vu.) The four lead actors are solid, believable and in the case of the main two... subtly charming too.
343 out of 5.
{The release schedule for this movie almost seems willfully sparse - - they're not making it an easy film to see in the theatre. I wonder if this is a planned strategy to build cult buzz? At any rate, it's definitely worth the effort to seek this one out!}
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 38315
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
Nice little film with some character. It does feel slight though
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Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:19 am |
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:07 pm Posts: 28295 Location: ... siiiigh...
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
Great little movie about time travel. It proves once again that a great movie with a great cast can be made on a small budget ($750k according to IMDb). The story's trajectory is a tad predictable, but that doesn't take away from the movie at all.
I <3 Aubrey Plaza. Jake Johnson and Mark Duplass are pretty great too.
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
Oh man did I not like this.
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movies35
Forum General
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:53 pm Posts: 8626 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Re: Safety Not Guaranteed
I never posted my thoughts on this? It was one of the best movies of 2012. Such a wonderful film.
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Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:26 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67153
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Safety Not Guaranteed
I enjoyed this. It plays with misdirection and movie convention. I thought that Jake Johnson was pretty great. He was helped with a good personal script, but he still played that role well. Duplass was also fantastic. The way he spoke, almost military in style, was perfect for luring us into believing he's a fucking whack job. Although the ending is rather expected, it's no less enjoyable considering the build up.
B+
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