Safe - Metacritic

1995
R
1 h 59 m

1995
R
1 h 59 m

Summary Carol White (Julianne Moore) lives with her husband and son in suburban comfort until she collapses one day, for no apparent reason. Her condition worsens in the weeks that follow, as she suffers from coughing fits, exhaustion, and spontaneous nose bleeds, triggered by sources as disparate as car exhaust, cologne, and the sun. Failing to...

Drama

Directed By: Todd Haynes

Written By: Todd Haynes

1995
R
1 h 59 m

1995
R
1 h 59 m

Safe

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews

User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 89 User Ratings

8.2

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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews

82% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews

82% Positive
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18% Mixed
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100

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Todd Haynes' Safe grips you with its air of antiseptic malevolence and leaves you gasping. You feel as disoriented as the protagonist, a young housewife suffering from 20th-century disease. [11 Aug 1995]

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Slant Magazine

We know nothing of this woman’s inner-traumas, the repressed memories or hidden pains of her youth, yet Moore, in an extraordinary milestone performance, gives us a glimpse inside Carol’s frail and lonely soul.

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Universal Acclaim Based on 89 User Ratings

8.2

83% Positive
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4% Mixed
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8.2

83% Positive
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4% Mixed
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Austin Chronicle

What Safe does so brilliantly is to plunge us down this frightening rabbit hole with Carol.

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San Francisco Chronicle

For all its flaws and vagueness, Safe is smart, challenging and provocative -- a film that gives you plenty to chew on, long after Carol's sad tale has wound down.

By Edward Guthmann FULL REVIEW

USA Today

With Todd Haynes' direction suggesting a Twilight Zone full court press, this uncommonly rigid movie is either bloodlessly objective or so subtly droll that the joke is beyond comprehension. But given that Haynes previously utilized a cast of Barbie dolls in the brazenly daring Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, it's tempting to give him the benefit of the doubt. [21 June 1995, p.7D]

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Safe does not succeed at everything it attempts. The film is overlong and there are times when more aggressive editing might have improved the pace. However, despite certain dramatic shortcomings, Safe is an insightful and darkly comical social commentary.

By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW

Baltimore Sun

Frequently fascinating, it never builds into anything profound.

By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW

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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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Production Company American Playhouse Theatrical Films, Killer Films, Chemical Films, Good Machine, Kardana Productions, Channel Four Films, Arnold Semler, American Playhouse, Kardana Films

Release Date Jun 23, 1995

Duration 1 h 59 m

Rating R

Genres

Drama

Tagline In the 21st century nobody will be...Safe.

Website http://www.spe.sony.com/classics/archive/safe.html

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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards

• 4 Nominations

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

• 3 Nominations

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

• 3 Nominations

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Julianne Moore

Carol

Xander Berkeley

Greg

Dean Norris

Mover

Julie Burgess

Aerobics Instructor

Ronnie Farer

Barbara

Jodie Markell

Anita

Susan Norman

Linda

Martha Velez

Fulvia

Chauncey Leopardi

Rory

Saachiko

Dry Cleaners Manager

Tim Gardner

Department Store Dispatcher

Wendy Haynes

Waitress

Allan Wasserman

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Jean St. James

Client's Wife

Steven Gilborn

Dr. Hubbard

Janel Moloney

Hairdresser

Brendan Dolan

Patrolman

John Apicella

Psychiatrist

Dana Anderson

Lynn

Wendy Gayle

Baby Shower Mother

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