A disaffected magazine intern befriends a mysterious eccentric, who is looking for a partner to accompany him on a trip back through time. Together, they embark on a hilarious, smart, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that reveals how far believing can take you.
7 November 1988, Seattle, Washington, USA
27 July 1980, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
22 June 1971, Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 July 1980, Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA
26 June 1984, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
28 May 1978, Evanston, Illinois, USA
4 July 1974
7 December 1976, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
5 June 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
April 17, 2016
Plaza and Duplass do great, believable work, and it's a debut that both writer (Connolly) and director (Trevorrow) can proudly hang their hats on.
June 22, 2012
Safety Not Guaranteed is droll and hilarious, but there isn't a cheap laugh in it, and the ending is so perfect it sends you soaring.
June 22, 2012
"Safety" can't sustain its own offbeat energy. By the end, even Aubrey Plaza would roll her eyes at it.
December 18, 2012
Plaza and Duplass are enormously watchable, and there's a sweet sadness in the movie's focus on lost dreams and missed chances, and the truism that we all long for a time machine every once in a while.
June 21, 2012
"Safety Not Guaranteed" is eccentric enough to get mistaken for an uplifting fantasy, but it's Plaza who belongs in the penthouse.
April 03, 2013
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED sticks the landing.
March 21, 2013
Bouncing back and forth between belief and incredulity, the film weaves an engaging story about love, time travel and the importance of looking beyond the obvious.
May 24, 2013
It's just about everything you'd want in a summer movie, combining elements of romance, science fiction and comedy juiced with an element of frat-boy attitude.
May 03, 2015
What garbage cinematography! I'd gladly donate $10 to buy them an [expletive] tripod.
March 03, 2013
Time travel and unexpected love combine for one of the best films of the year.
November 02, 2012
How do you incorporate a science-fiction element in a low-budget indie production? For answers, see the engaging new comedy Safety Not Guaranteed...
June 15, 2012
Neatly, the script embarks on one journey while dangling the possibility of another: the prospect of taking a sudden leap from comic reality into the realm of pure imagination.
