Safelight

Name: Safelight
Genre: Drama
Released: July 17, 2015
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 26

2015

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Arc Entertainment | Release Date: July 17, 2015 | R

Summary: The paths of three desperate individuals perilously cross in a dusty desert town. Charles (Evan Peters) is a high school senior with physical challenges, Vickie (Juno Temple) is a troubled runaway turning tricks at a truck stop, and Skid (Kevin Alejandro) is her dangerously psychotic pimp, who has a huge chip on his shoulder. HeThe paths of three desperate individuals perilously cross in a dusty desert town. Charles (Evan Peters) is a high school senior with physical challenges, Vickie (Juno Temple) is a troubled runaway turning tricks at a truck stop, and Skid (Kevin Alejandro) is her dangerously psychotic pimp, who has a huge chip on his shoulder. He continuously harasses Charles and Vickie but things take a menacing turn when the two embark on a road trip up the California coast to photograph lighthouses. Skid can’t stand the imagined betrayal and comes looking to punish Vickie, armed with a hunting knife. The three of them face each other in a violent showdown that will change their lives forever. [ARC Entertainment]… Expand

Director: Tony Aloupis

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 84 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 14, 2015

Mainly, though, Safelight is just a California tourism travelogue — See Scenic Joshua Tree, Visit the Lighthouses of Southern California. Which we do, in 80 odd-but-not-odd-enough minutes. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jul 16, 2015

Safelight squanders the efforts of a talented cast who are unable to lift the material beyond its clichés. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Jul 16, 2015

Aloupis is not untalented as writer or helmer. But his first outing is an unsurprising, paint-by-the-numbers picture. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Jul 16, 2015

First-time filmmaker Tony Aloupis, formerly frontman of the New Jersey rock band Shadows of Dreams, serves up Americana like a stale slice of apple pie. Read full review

Justin Chang

Jul 20, 2015

A handful of solid performances and some subtle ’70s period detailing are hardly enough to recommend this flat, predictable drama. Read full review

The Playlist Oktay Ege Kozak

Jul 14, 2015

A bland and utterly predictable melodrama desperate to hide itself as a deft character study. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jul 17, 2015

Bad movies are common. Shockingly bad movies, ones that are so incompetently conceived and executed as to force one to question how they got made, are less so, despite what Angry Film Twitter might have you believe. Safelight is a jaw-droppingly bad movie, a film that doesn’t have characters or a plot. Read full review

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LeonardoAmato

Jan 7, 2018

"Safelight" comes up being a pointless and boring teen drama, without going anywhere. Despite the performances by talented actors such as Temple and Peters, the movie lacks of character development and originality.

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