Safety Not Guaranteed

Name: Safety Not Guaranteed
Released: 2012-6-8
Cast: Kristen Bell, Jake Johnson, Aubrey Plaza, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Mark Duplass

R
1h 26m
2012

91%

age 16+

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When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he's solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon. Together they embark on a hilarious, smart, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that reveals how far believing can take you.

Director:

Colin Trevorrow

Producer:

Colin Trevorrow, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Stephanie Langhoff, Derek Connolly

Writer:

Derek Connolly

Cast:

Kristen Bell, Jake Johnson, Aubrey Plaza, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Mark Duplass

FEATURES

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A Movie-Making Mission

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The Ad Behind the Movie

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Time Capsule

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

91%

Critics Consensus: Safety Not Guaranteed's ostensibly modest ambitions are outmatched by the movie's strong performances, beguiling charm, and heartfelt story.

Reviews

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

The kind of film where you leave the theater simply having to tell your friends about it.

A quiet, inventive, heartfelt approach to science fiction.

Trevorrow narrates the story devised by Connolly with a simplicity that is what ultimately makes us love almost immediately any of the four characters. [Full Review in Spanish]

What follows is a remarkably touching and hilarious tale.

March 31, 2020

FULL REVIEW

25YL (25 Years Later)

Don Shanahan

The proverbial pitch that we would laugh off becomes the jumping-off point for a unique and original comedy.

December 4, 2019

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Common Sense Media

age 16+

Common Sense Says

Fresh sci-fi comedy has strong language, a little raciness.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Safety Not Guaranteed is a genre-crossing indie movie with elements of science fiction, comedy, romance, and drama. It has been a word-of-mouth success at film festivals and has the potential to become a long-running sleeper hit with high teen interest. Language is probably the biggest issue, with many (though not constant) uses of "f--k" and "s--t." Characters have sex and talk about sex, but nothing more than a kiss is actually shown. Characters also shoot guns at targets, but actual violence rarely gets worse than insults and arguing. One character seems to drink regularly, but his behavior is played for laughs. Two characters share a night of hard partying (one cigarette is shown) and wake up hung over.