Safe (1995)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 53
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 10
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Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 5
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3.7/5
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Movie Info
Todd Haynes presents a revisionist take on the paranoia thriller with this story of a Southern California housewife who suddenly falls victim to an inexplicable, apparently incurable illness. 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,
Jun 23, 1995 Wide
Aug 21, 2001
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Cast
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Julianne Moore
Carol White -
Peter Friedman
Peter Dunning -
Xander Berkeley
Greg White -
James LeGros
Chris -
Kate McGregor-Stewart
Claire -
Dana Anderson
Lynn -
John Apicella
Psychiatrist -
Mary Carver
Nell -
Peter Crombie
Dr. Reynolds -
Brandon Cruz
Steve -
Frank Dent
Video Narrator -
Ronnie Farer
Barbara -
Beth Grant
Becky (auditorium Speak... -
Jessica Harper
Joyce -
Chauncey Leopardi
Rory -
Jodie Markell
Anita -
Edith Meeks
Patient No. 1 -
Gerrielani Miyazaki
Listener No. 2 -
Susan Norman
Linda -
Dean Norris
Mover -
Jean Pflieger
Client's Wife -
Francesca Roberts
Patient No. 2 -
Saachiko
Dry Cleaners Manager -
Allan Wasserman
Client -
James Lyons
Cab Driver -
Janel Moloney
Hairdresser -
Sarah Scott Davis
Sarah -
Steven Gilborn
Dr. Hubbard -
April Grace
Susan -
Lorna Scott
Marilyn -
Cassy Friel
Baby Shower Child -
Brendan Dolan
Patrolman -
Martha Velez-Johnson
Fulvia -
Ravi Achar
Wrenwood Instructor -
Julie Burgess
Aerobics Instructor -
Elinor O. Caplan
Patient -
Joe Comando
Exterminator -
Tricia Dong
Wrenwood Patient -
Tim Gardner
Department Store Dispat... -
Wendy Gayle
Baby Shower Mother -
Eleanor Graham
Singer -
Mitchell Greenhill
Accompanist -
Wendy Haynes
Waitress -
Jo Wilkinson
Listener
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All Critics (61) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (10) | DVD (12)
This creepy art movie will stay with you.
Top CriticIn 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.
Todd Haynes has always tended towards the clinical, an approach which in this dark and ambiguous allegory proves ever so coolly appropriate.
Beautifully constructed, chilling internal nightmare where every scene plays out like a little mini movie in and of itself. Brilliant.
Like Carol, this gifted filmmaker seems to be trapped inside a shell -- devoting his considerable intelligence mainly to justifying his own sense of paralysis.
Though the film had a miniscule budget, it looks outstanding with its dull, muted colors and godawful lite-rock soundtrack.
Richer in subtext than text, this poignant, much misunderstood deconstructive film, about environmental diseseas, New Age therapy and TV movie of the week, deserves a second look due to meanings and Julianne Moore's terrific performance in a tough role
One of the most mesmerizing and provocative films in recent years.
Moore gives a superb performance, see it
An overpraised, go-nowhere project.
Pretentious, stilted and beyond dull.
There is evidence to support a number of claims of Safe's contemporary social relevance, but the film is durably and tacitly ambiguous.
[A] dreamy but tough-minded satire.
Stylish, unsettling and deeply provocative, this is brilliant filmmaking on every level, destined to become an American classic.
Safe is a movie that's so ambivalently torn between mocking its subject and looking at her with complete conviction that it becomes exhilarating.
A chilling allegorical tale.
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Relevant and frightening if perhaps a tad sluggish and studied. Director Todd Haynes does amazing things on shoestring budgets.