Safe (1995)

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Set in an affluent neighbourhood of the San Fernando Valley in 1987, the film recounts the life of a seemingly unremarkable homemaker, Carol White who develops multiple chemical sensitivity.

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Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror

Country: UK, USA

Directed By: Todd Haynes

Written By: Todd Haynes

Starring: Xander Berkeley, Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Beth Grant, Susan Norman, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Mary Carver, Jessica Harper, Jodie Markell, Ronnie Farer, Dean Norris, Julie Burgess

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TCI | Percentile | Date Rated | # Stars (Reviews)

Date	User	Rating
Feb 08	No Villains	58 _25%
Feb 03	LarsVonTrier	3 _72%
Very unique, thought provoking. Julianne Moore shines here.
Jan 28	Gymnopedie	70 _60%
Jan 25	Phalanx	50 _37%
Jan 24	sfxy	100 _97%
Jan 18	twincinema	85 _85%
A Lynchian horror film if Lynch cared about a narrative that made sense.
Jan 10	LuxeTenebras	90 _93%
Jan 03	false10	80 _0%
Dec 28, 2020	NotALemon	72 _87%
Dec 28, 2020	pluviophile	55 _15%
Dec 24, 2020	blueandred	3 _63%
Dec 19, 2020	Steamlord	90 _93%
Dec 07, 2020	Teerak	60 _33%
Dec 01, 2020	Stigma&Style	85 _93%
Low-budget Todd Haynes at his best.
Nov 28, 2020	Ximón	100 _80%
Nov 24, 2020	Ammar44	75 _46%
Nov 19, 2020	mattcbrown	85 _84%
Nov 12, 2020	Dumptruk4Lif	100 _97%
A masterwork in dread filled atmosphere and sound design, with a message that works both as a critique of the alienating society we live in, and in turn, people's alienation from each other, and vice versa. A horror movie more astute than many of the genre's best, focusing on a subject matter that is even more relevant today, and all too closely relatable in both its sense of isolation and its questioning of reality.
Nov 07, 2020	drdutw	60 _45%
Oct 24, 2020	snallygaster	70 _77%
Oct 22, 2020	jamienelson	60 _22%
Oct 13, 2020	rospo	55 _32%
Oct 03, 2020	EgOo	87 _86%
Sep 28, 2020	Opio	96 _99%
Sep 20, 2020	jphoff4	80 _33%
Sep 13, 2020	alexlma	9 _90%
Sep 08, 2020	SPM_Liam	60 _20%
Sep 05, 2020	nunobar	50 _25%
Sep 05, 2020	deweydell	0 _13%
Aug 25, 2020	SyphilisDad	48 _59%
Aug 20, 2020	dennislala	100 _93%
Aug 19, 2020	Filmo	40 _46%
Aug 14, 2020	ylajali	15 _4%
Aug 13, 2020	coolcoolcool	80 _60%
Aug 09, 2020	Cowman	55 _19%
Some nice images and exactly one great wordplay joke, but I didn't really connect to any of it. Especially second half is just sitting around in a desert camp.
Jul 20, 2020	bridggedale	84 _84%
Jul 15, 2020	hmsbagel	75 _14%
Jul 15, 2020	pileofzack	93 _88%
Jul 11, 2020	Flekk710	75 _76%
Jul 07, 2020	danialinho	55 _33%
Jul 04, 2020	kappeuter	80 _91%
Jun 25, 2020	Hofschneider	83 _76%
Jun 16, 2020	Roz	75 _56%
Jun 12, 2020	D Lightman	50 _16%
Jun 09, 2020	tehmarvelman	74 _19%
Jun 08, 2020	Calexico	90 _91%
Impeccably dark and creepy. Great performance by Julianne Moore. Great soundtrack too.
Jun 01, 2020	sspiegel	78 _77%
May 28, 2020	Florin92	57 _29%
May 26, 2020	TheSean	60 _22%
May 26, 2020	Hyperion+	2 _21%
May 25, 2020	dogafton	70 _48%
May 22, 2020	Omid Ranjbar	59 _70%
May 22, 2020	storyoftheye	75 _44%
May 18, 2020	capitalist	60 _59%
May 17, 2020	NathanBates	60 _34%
A commentary on chemical sensitivity and mental illness that starts with an almost-sleepwalking Carol and the banality of life. It felt like it didn't push far enough on its main topics, never mind the additional ones introduced (like the self-help guru, or the random man on the cover who's in the movie maybe ten seconds). Throughout, I couldn't help feeling "first world problems" even though I suffer from "sensitivity to smells" as well. Strong performance by Moore.
May 15, 2020	tom20	85 _82%
May 15, 2020	arrow-s	75 _67%
May 15, 2020	tata	70 _25%
May 07, 2020	Champs	10 _95%
May 04, 2020	Geslimmar	50 _38%
Apr 28, 2020	cascade	55 _26%
Apr 27, 2020	brimaire	86 _82%
Apr 21, 2020	Romalen	88 _58%
Apr 19, 2020	dlthompson	80 _58%
Apr 15, 2020	ecalder	57 _39%
Apr 13, 2020	strangelime	95 _93%
Apr 12, 2020	brennanc	15 _69%
Apr 08, 2020	roozbeh_13	75 _45%
Apr 08, 2020	Teproc	64 _58%
Apr 06, 2020	amerigo	70 _27%
A vacuous movie about vacuous yuppies saying nothing new. It'd be one thing if there was some enjoyment out of watching this film (there is none) or there was some greater insight to be learnt from experiencing this art piece, but no it just drones on over the same themes that have been rehashed over and over since Kate Chopin wrote The Awakening in 1899.
Apr 05, 2020	TheShiznit	65 _87%
Apr 04, 2020	GavanRex	98 _91%
Apr 03, 2020	themoviepl	90 _63%
Apr 02, 2020	cankutozturk	78 _82%
Apr 01, 2020	Amita	60 _26%
Mar 31, 2020	cdub12	80 _79%
Mar 27, 2020	spearmint	53 _52%
Mar 23, 2020	bigboy_tony	85 _79%
the soundtrack is HOT julianne moore is HOT the cinematography is TASTEFUL, need i say more? run, don't walk, to see this hidden gem of a film, folks. but seriously though, folks, a new mutant has entered the cadre of deformed beauties in my favourite genre, 'psychological disintegration'.
Mar 18, 2020	gunay	92 _52%
Mar 18, 2020	feublo	88 _83%
Disturbing to say the least, the privileged individual that becomes troubled and obsessed with their ailments to the point of no return, is just depressing.
Mar 18, 2020	rebeccalex	80 _68%
Mar 18, 2020	seroş	97 _72%
Mar 17, 2020	deaddilly	90 _94%
Dangerous material.
Mar 16, 2020	Big Lemons	87 _79%
Mar 13, 2020	king zazvor	95 _97%
Too long, but I'm amazed that such a film could be made. So evocative of time and place: amazing mise-en-scene and cinematography in two different settings (LA and ABQ). An artful film with an axe to grind: I see it as a critique of the "psychosomatic" diagnosis, which is exploited by both the medical industry to sidestep the unknown and by new age kooks for monetary gain. Demands incredible empathy from the viewer.
Mar 13, 2020	8505144	79 _60%
Mar 02, 2020	djross	60 _60%
Existential dread, social alienation, libidinal depletion and environmental contamination produce a thoroughly auto-immune situation, ripe for exploitation by the cults of self-help. All the elements are in place, and the film does generate an unsettling and uncanny mood, but the flatness of the presentation combined with the lack of events in the second half mean that the impact is diluted somewhat. May be one that produces a delayed response, seeming in retrospect to increase in significance.
Mar 02, 2020	jgreenwood	60 _43%
Feb 28, 2020	DSouza_Vasco	65 _38%
Feb 22, 2020	castoffcrown	78 _46%
Feb 17, 2020	Mulholland	80 _78%
Feb 16, 2020	PaulB1	96 _98%
Feb 10, 2020	mgrey1	92 _89%
Feb 04, 2020	petters	50 _1%
Feb 02, 2020	KyLLo	40 _16%
Jan 29, 2020	nickv	82 _94%
Jan 07, 2020	mmb888	45 _14%
Dec 31, 2019	roscoe_1891	80 _60%
Dec 19, 2019	deluxe1	45 _11%
Nov 03, 2019	babil7	80 _51%
Nov 02, 2019	account2	89 _98%
Oct 22, 2019	flipperrbm	10 _99%
Oct 15, 2019	szgmng	90 _68%
Oct 12, 2019	ladyfragile	81 _91%
Oct 07, 2019	brownwc2	54 _53%
Oct 04, 2019	RWL	90 _91%
Oct 03, 2019	slug	8 _70%
Sep 19, 2019	acrolyne	84 _63%
Sep 07, 2019	Vandelay1	70 _74%
good movie
Aug 28, 2019	tcbyer33	57 _69%
Aug 26, 2019	Dr.N0	80 _60%
Aug 19, 2019	Iconoclast	72 _58%
Aug 13, 2019	capucine72	95 _82%
Aug 12, 2019	sandman248	90 _81%
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	60 _43%
Jun 28, 2019	MoonLoop	83 _54%
Jun 27, 2019	mbramhald13	80 _70%
Jun 19, 2019	jeanhuxley	79 _63%
Jun 17, 2019	Phil Clowns	63 _29%
Jun 16, 2019	Asm Nabil	70 _49%
Jun 06, 2019	Ale Roca	80 _52%
May 09, 2019	catcry	60 _42%
May 03, 2019	tommy_leazaq	65 _79%
Apr 23, 2019	AHALE80	70 _34%
Apr 14, 2019	???	75 _71%
Apr 13, 2019	Hennimore	65 _24%
Mar 27, 2019	Delaney93	100 _97%
Mar 24, 2019	FutureCritic	85 _76%
Mar 23, 2019	loc42	65 _47%
Safe is a stylistically cold and distanced study of the clinical alienation that comes with wealth and technologic progress. Carol starts to question her affluent and banal housewife life, feeling depressed and anxious. Yet her world is so penetrated by values of hygiene, order, and conservative morality that she can't even accept that hers is an emotional yearning. In that sense, this a bleak and pessimistic account of vanishing humanity in our techno scientific class societies. Interesting.
Mar 05, 2019	Parasite	40 _39%
Feb 26, 2019	Brewster	80 _90%
Feb 21, 2019	MortSahlFan	60 _27%
Feb 18, 2019	Nathers7	6 _39%
Feb 08, 2019	ilkyaz	80 _76%
Feb 06, 2019	tsumanne	83 _88%
Feb 05, 2019	finchereznor	80 _65%
Jan 24, 2019	ArloJWiley	90 _76%
Jan 06, 2019	gossamer2019	62 _48%
Jan 04, 2019	mrmiffy	70 _66%
Jan 01, 2019	knives	77 _64%
Dec 25, 2018	ShaunLewis54	84 _70%
Dec 24, 2018	twijfel	72 _77%
Dec 20, 2018	lamb-duh	70 _66%
Dec 14, 2018	Cockola	80 _76%
Dec 01, 2018	suurjuust	65 _80%
Nov 26, 2018	invention	5 _87%
Nov 19, 2018	Romanshower	90 _96%
Nov 16, 2018	MaxVonSydow	70 _70%
Nov 08, 2018	emreyuksel	50 _9%
Nov 06, 2018	TychoCelchuu	93 _96%
Oct 30, 2018	Gunnaka	63 _36%
Oct 25, 2018	lofisofi	80 _86%
Oct 24, 2018	bore	80 _47%
Oct 16, 2018	skinnylegend	88 _98%
Oct 07, 2018	M_A	86 _91%
Oct 04, 2018	geohawk	68 _21%
Sep 21, 2018	Jenny82	70 _17%
Sep 21, 2018	donmateo	64 _59%
Sep 20, 2018	dracular	75 _81%
Sep 13, 2018	Triptolemos	60 _62%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	90 _96%
Sep 01, 2018	redboots	80 _76%
Aug 30, 2018	karatoprak	71 _37%
the problem with my ratings is that i try to pick out arguably good films to watch and because of that, good-but-not-impressive-enough-films like this end up being tier-5 or below.
Aug 27, 2018	ashleylm	50 _21%
Aug 20, 2018	Ogroff	92 _71%
Aug 11, 2018	skb2933	85 _75%
Aug 01, 2018	kb0799	95 _98%
Jul 23, 2018	Gymnopedies	70 _61%
Jul 17, 2018	mauszfabrick	90 _60%
Jul 03, 2018	Krafty	90 _83%
Jul 03, 2018	Daisoujou	90 _81%
Jun 29, 2018	FreddieQuell	91 _92%
Jun 25, 2018	AchwellFoley	80 _89%
Jun 08, 2018	thirdeye42	71 _47%
Jun 07, 2018	MenialRetcon	70 _34%
Jun 02, 2018	lichtung	69 _51%
May 31, 2018	Philosofem	73 _56%
May 27, 2018	allneonslike	80 _88%
May 13, 2018	HoneyB	100 _99%
May 12, 2018	moonsmilk	10 _95%
May 07, 2018	Siegel Hans	60 _35%
May 03, 2018	ssavage	75 _70%
Apr 30, 2018	kjones77	80 _71%
Apr 29, 2018	shanebarlow3	89 _92%
Apr 29, 2018	CherrySponge	80 _49%
Apr 28, 2018	ironmayton	85 _65%
Apr 23, 2018	jacqueskit	95 _93%
Apr 21, 2018	DanielRVilar	75 _26%
Apr 19, 2018	fictionfitz	92 _97%
Apr 13, 2018	Phantom Nook	70 _33%
Mar 29, 2018	toospaa	100 _81%
Mar 21, 2018	Dozzyrok	90 _55%
Mar 20, 2018	apsays	69 _66%
Mar 09, 2018	scott.mcc	90 _97%
Mar 04, 2018	marjoline	65 _19%
Feb 18, 2018	CesarCastag (CinePlayers.com)	100 _95%
Feb 11, 2018	davidjn	70 _77%
Feb 11, 2018	mrsdalloway	65 _51%
Jan 30, 2018	tamino	95 _91%
Jan 27, 2018	greekgrits	90 _89%
Jan 01, 2018	antidood1	70 _60%
Dec 20, 2017	Systematicer	70 _69%
Dec 17, 2017	Timec	70 _53%
Dec 08, 2017	Noblet	88 _91%
Nov 25, 2017	ritamae	87 _41%
Nov 02, 2017	Matt92	95 _68%
Oct 22, 2017	anaskvit	75 _45%
Oct 11, 2017	JohnPaul821	90 _90%
Oct 11, 2017	Timmer	84 _86%
Oct 01, 2017	sandrikoti	50 _12%
Sep 24, 2017	Paudie	45 _34%
Sep 02, 2017	heliz	90 _75%
Aug 31, 2017	izwt936g	70 _61%
Aug 26, 2017	desudesu	25 _1%
Aug 10, 2017	jlewis	86 _60%
Jul 21, 2017	Syntheseizur	85 _83%
Haynes wrings terror out of the mundanity of sterile, upper class suburbia during the superficial '80s in a tale about the alienation of bourgeois privilege and the need for security from uncertainty as he frames the characters in their domestic spaces. The film anticipates the modern obsession with holistic medicine and anti-science conspiracies, but it's also an investigation into a uniquely-American brand of female objectification, capitalist claustrophobia, and the associated anxieties.
Jul 16, 2017	Gossamer	2 _60%
Jul 10, 2017	ptkw	70 _84%
Jul 09, 2017	NevinLiu	84 _82%
Jul 05, 2017	WWallce4prez	90 _95%
There is a lot to be thankful for when it comes to Todd Haynes, but two reasons, in particular, come to mind with Safe: Julianne Moore and anxiety. The craft displayed in pasting literal anxiety onto the screen is mesmerizing. Moore is fantastic in her first leading role as she chews the screen with her empty stares and nervous smiles.
Jun 24, 2017	girlfriday	95 _88%
Jun 17, 2017	Arlowe_	73 _69%
Jun 04, 2017	BlakeEngel	7 _22%
In Safe, the main character is a mirror and a symbol. Barely there, as thin as can be both emotionally and just as a character on the page, Carol is either a symbol of how any random person will succumb to the unintended side-effects of contemporary society, or how any random person can be entirely lost in psychosomatic illness. I'm not entirely sure what, if any, message or lesson one should take from this film. All I know is that Carol is so barely there that it starts to drag the film down.
May 31, 2017	kombelpeter	78 _37%
May 21, 2017	anonm	70 _29%
May 12, 2017	ashfieldmall	100 _99%
May 10, 2017	DrWade42	88 _87%
Apr 29, 2017	littlepanda	9 _89%
Apr 11, 2017	Henrik	90 _95%
Apr 11, 2017	poltergeist	45 _21%
Apr 09, 2017	ICMforum	90 _62%
Mar 30, 2017	cheapthrills	70 _36%
Mar 21, 2017	thrillington	95 _84%
Mar 17, 2017	batui	60 _36%
Mar 09, 2017	letterboxdvo	40 _91%
Feb 27, 2017	redflag	94 _76%
Feb 25, 2017	mCihhh	60 _37%
Feb 24, 2017	P u l p	83 _90%
"Love yourself"
Feb 24, 2017	RYM-byrates	76 _95%
Feb 23, 2017	ercaderk	83 _45%
Feb 22, 2017	MrHallenbeck	92 _84%
Feb 18, 2017	gorkemoge	70 _71%
Feb 18, 2017	cherrorist	50 _24%
Starts off good, but grows boring after 45 minutes, tedious after an hour or so, and the true horror comes from realizing you've wasted two hours of your life to something this pointless. Suspense comes from waiting for it to end, drama from explaining your spouse it was suggested by Criticker, and Criticker rarely misses. Moore's great, though, she's a great actress.
Feb 12, 2017	Mochard	60 _45%
Feb 08, 2017	pntjr	6 _3%
Jan 31, 2017	iammattr	87 _86%
Jan 22, 2017	birgitbrause	70 _21%
Jan 16, 2017	maborosi	67 _56%
Jan 16, 2017	TMDaines	70 _42%
Jan 15, 2017	Panicbeach	20 _7%

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