The following review is spoiler free and is
meant to be read BEFORE seeing the movie.
It’s
times like these where I’m reminded I’m not a film critic, but just a lowly
blogger who also has a podcast, something everybody and their mother already
does. I have really nothing to add to the discussion about Safety Not
Guaranteed. I have nothing to say that hasn’t already been said in reviews by
people who are ACTUALLY film critics/journalists/historians.
I will
say simply this: I enjoyed this character piece so much that I wanted to watch
it again the second it was over. This movie was light to be sure, and it
doesn’t pack a heavy emotional wallop, but it has two lead characters who make
me wish I could talk to them and spend time with them. I was pleasantly
surprised by how much I enjoyed watching this.
Aubrey
Plaza plays Darius, an unpaid intern at a Seattle Magazine (her boss is the sadly
underused Mary Lynn Rajskub). She is sent on an assignment to investigate an ad
asking for a partner to travel back in time for unspecified reasons. From here
she meets the man who placed the ad, an eccentric named Ken.
The
rest of this film is an excuse to study regret and how different people deal
with it. Some people dwell on it; some people fear to think about it; some
people try to make sure nobody will ever make the mistakes they did. For the
people who want to dismiss it because of the premise of time travel, it isn’t
as high concept as it sounds. It’s so much better than it sounds.
Rating:
«««½
(3.5/4)
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