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Safe

In the 21st century nobody will be… Safe.

1995 · 1h 59m · R Drama
Directed by Todd Haynes

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Overview

Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.

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85%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Moore, in a nearly unplayable role, is amazingly vivid and touching; this is a heartbreaking portrait of a woman in full, panicked retreat from life.

Terrence Rafferty, New Yorker
Fresh

You'd have to be cranky or blind to deny Haynes' artistry and vision. There's a dark power, a tremor that runs through the movie like the rumble of a secret dread.

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

This creepy art movie will stay with you.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

In a summer of heavyweight action movies and flyweight romantic comedies, I don't think you'll find a more provocative little number than Safe, which creeps under your skin like a rash.

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten

The audaciousness that marked Todd Haynes' earlier work has been supplanted by self-important preachiness.

Todd McCarthy, Variety

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