Synopsis
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
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Cast
- Aubrey PlazaDarius Britt
- Mark DuplassKenneth Calloway
- Jake JohnsonJeff Schwensen
- Karan SoniArnau
- Jenica BergereLiz McHollis
- Kristen BellBelinda
- Jeff GarlinMr. Britt
- Mary Lynn RajskubBridget Bay
- William Hall Jr.Shannon
- Tony DoupeSmith
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Aubrey Plaza proves she can carry a film with this multiplex-friendly comedy about time travel. - 80
Variety
Develops into an endearingly scrappy and romantic romp that serves up some nice soul-searching moments alongside a steady stream of laughs. - 75
Slant Magazine
More focused on emotion than adventure, it teases out the possibilities and perils of time travel without embroiling itself in the confusion inherent to the subject. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Safety Not Guaranteed is a fable of ''redemption,'' and it's too tidy by half, but it is also very sweetly told. - 75
The A.V. Club
It's a tribute to Plaza and Duplass that they're able to make such slight material resonate at all, let alone with the poignancy they occasionally find. - 75
Rolling Stone
Director Colin Trevorrow and writer Derek Connolly keep the film humming with funny and touching surprises. And Plaza is a flat-out enchantress. - 70
Village Voice
A viewer's patience with some of Safety's more rote stretches is rewarded in the film's final 15 minutes, when the plot takes a truly unexpected turn. As a DIY answer to the Spielberg generation's nostalgia for movie magic, the film's fully earnest, fantastic climax beats something like "Super 8" at its own game for a fraction of the cost. - 70
Time
Touching, generous, sweet, this little slip of a movie puts you under some kind of spell.
