Safe

  • 1995


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87 % Certified Fresh
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 29
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 3.8/5
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3.8
At times, you feel as if youve stumbled into a Michael Tolkin film a world of sophisticates at the end of their spiritual tether. EW
3.8
Maybe the environment is poisoned, and the group is phony, and Carol is gnawing away at her own psychic health. Now theres a fine mess. Rogerebert
4.5
The ironic handling of decor and characterisation builds an eerie portrait of the blissed out West Coast bourgeoisie at their most brainwashed. Time Out
0.5
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
4.5
Happy at last Or addicted to a new madness Haynes doesnt offer the answers, but he doesnt really leave us with questions either.
4.5
Haynes delineates Moores ultimate fate, a powerful, spiritually inward affair, with subtle force.
4.0
What Safe does so brilliantly is to plunge us down this frightening rabbit hole with Carol.
5.0
One of the most mesmerizing and provocative films in recent years. E Film Critic
5.0
Despite her new healthy lifestyle, Whites physical condition doesnt seem to improve. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
But it isnt Haynes style to offer palatable entertainment with soft cushions of sentiment. San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Beautifully constructed, chilling internal nightmare where every scene plays out like a little mini movie in and of itself. Brilliant.
4.5
Writer and director Todd Haynes has made a haunting film about two troubling dimensions of modern life. Spirituality And Practice
3.1
Safe isnt interested in long, drawn out fist fights that end with both combatants bloody but alive. ReelViews
5.0
Even when she gets sick, the movie doesnt show her wanting to get well. Combust Ible Celluloid
4.5
He also offers a scathing (if poker faced) satire on New Age notions of healing. Chicago Reader
5.0
This isnt just urban paranoia, its a reaction to progress and technology that has taken over our lives. Shadows On The Wall
4.2
Its a tribute to the films nuanced narrative and subtle tone that it doesnt provide answers to these absorbing questions. Emanuellevy
5.0
Even though Greg has an adolescent son by a previous marriage, Carol doesnt seem to have any real responsibility in looking after or mothering him. Q Network
4.5
Aided by a witty performance from Peter Friedman, the satire is merciless but never too obvious though once again, the underlying purposes are less cl ..
4.5
Moore, in a nearly unplayable role, is amazingly vivid and touching; this is a heartbreaking portrait of a woman in full, panicked retreat from life. New Yorker
5.0
With anti star boldness, Moore doesnt so much embody the role as disembody it, dissolving before our eyes. Total Film
2.5
Her uninteresting husband, Greg (Xander Berkeley), is barely there. Ny Times
4.5
But tired isnt sick, and what Carol (played by Julianne Moore) feels is sick. Vanity Fair
5.0
As Carol, shes blank, an intellectual and spiritual void, and Carols journey isnt about making her a more complete, substantive person. The Dissolve
3.5
Its a haunting portrait of Carol affected by this controversial mysterious illness. Dennis Schwartz Reviews
1.5
She gets stuck behind a dump truck, and cant stop choking on the exhaust. Flavor Wire
4.5
Todd Haynes has always tended towards the clinical, an approach which in this dark and ambiguous allegory proves ever so coolly appropriate. Film 4
4.0
Safe, the elegantly unnerving new film by Todd Haynes, is all about uncertainty. La Times
3.8
Writer director Haynes doesnt want his horror to overwhelm, but to seep up slowly, inexorably. Articles Chicago Tribune
1.5
Soon, though, Moore is sniffling, sneezing, suffering nosebleeds and feeling terminally pooped. People
5.0
Safe succeeds brilliantly because it takes what feels like a television movie of the weeks premise and infuses it with enough intelligence and ambigui .. Movie Martyr
2.5
Moore, evidently under Haynes instruction, gives a performance composed of near total inertia. Her pale lifelessness meant to be frightening, I suppos .. Articles Philly
2.5
Moore, a powerhouse actress, cant be accused of a star turn here. Articles Baltimore Sun
4.5
Im not sure if thats the message of the movie Maybe Who knows Best Shot Safe looks great throughout so it is hard to pick a best shot. rachelsreviews.net
0.5
It contains a humanistic capacity to provoke, and it is, despite its unwarranted obscurity, one of the most thematically ambitious films of the 90s. Not Coming
1.5
The pieces only fit together when viewed from some version of an outside; stuck on the inside, the characters flounder, smile, avert their glances.
4.5
One of the all time great films. Screams out with existential terror showcasing how the lack of identity is not only anxiety inducing but potentially ..
0.5
Intended to be an exploration of the attitudes and anxiety surrounding the AIDS crisis, Safe still possesses the ability to leave viewers breathless a .. them.



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