It's not about him, it's about her, OR, "In the future, Marty, you don't need wheels!".
10/10
Author: Bo Atdrinks from United Kingdom
14 January 2013
'Safety' is NOT a futuristic sci-fi like 'Back To The Future', nor, thankfully, is it like the recent, and dire, 'Looper'. Female lead is a pretty little girl, unhappy with life, who works as an intern in a mag. In meeting to find stories, established reporter reads to the others, the ad requesting applicants interested in going back in time. Ad is true story, and is where the film gets it's title from. It is decided that this could be a story and established reporter says he will take two interns, hands go up, and he says he will take the lesbian and the Indian. The trio set off to get the story.
Established reporter is played by actor from 'New Girl', and the role seems much the same in this. The Indian intern is, well, think 'Big Bang', think 'Raj'. I thought 'Big Bang' meets 'New Girl', and certainly the film had some of the same stock characters, but these were not crude two-dimensional figures, there was real depth to these characters too. What was so good about this film, was that you really did not have a clue what was going to happen next. The various sub-plots and twists made it interesting, whilst at the same time confused you, and made you unsure even what type of film it was.
Entertaining and thoughtful like 'Back To', the frolicking in the forest reminded of the beach-frolicking in 'Spotless Mind'. Female lead is able to show her emotions and feelings, without speaking, and audience easily sees things from her point of view. There is romance, relationships, and raw, real-life. Sex eventually rears it's ugly head and there is even a bit of stuff about the time-travel plot. Nothing very new at all, some ideas are very old even, but all told with a freshness that make you believe in the characters and the plot. This is entertaining, without being a laugh-out-loud, joke a minute, comedy.
Be prepared, to be surprised, to need that hanky, when the tears come. It should be stated, too, that the sub-plots are ESSENTIAL, as they link the characters to the central theme. I knew nothing about this film, before I saw it, except the briefest of a review on the cinema internet site. I like time-travel-themed films, so thought I would give it a go. Hoping for a decent film, I was blown away. It is on a par with 'Silverlinings'. Yes, really, it was THAT good. A MUST SEE! Hence, it has to be, 10/10.
