Day 290: Safety Not Guaranteed

Directed By- Colin Trevorrow

Written By- Derek Connolly

Starring- Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni

Critics Review- "Safety Not Guaranteed is droll and hilarious, but there isn't a cheap laugh in it, and the ending is so perfect it sends you soaring."- Rene Rodriguez "Miami Herald" 

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 93% [CERTIFIED FRESH] Audience- 87%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 5 stars

My Review-

I wanted to watch this movie ever since I heard about it, and saw the trailer for it. I just never thought I would like it as much as I did. I will do my best to not include any spoilers or even mild spoilers in this review. since this is quite possibly one of the best Indie films I have ever watched on this list. I loved the story-line of the movie, where it takes place and I think the right actors were picked for this type of film. I sort of do not even know where to start this review with this film, since I think this one indie film that kind of went unnoticed when it should have been a huge movie by word of mouth. I will start with the acting, I have always liked Mark Duplass in the types of films that he does which are heartfelt indie comedies such as this one and well since he is in The League which I watch he is already a good actor to me. Another person I liked in this movie was Jake Johnson whom where in this movie he was like a more adult version of Nick from New Girl and when I say adult I mean he did not really care what came out of his mouth. With Aubrey Plaza this is the only other movie I have seen with her in it the other being Funny People, which was not all that funny. With this movie I almost fell in love with her, she is funny in this movie as well can pull off the dramatic aspect that went along with it. Time traveling is always a really cool subject for a movie and with this is the type of movie it worked perfectly where once the story kicked in you were hooked and wanted to see what would happen next, and I was like that with this movie until the very end. I love how the whole movie became based off a fake article that said: "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must Bring your own weapons. I have only done this once before. Safety not guaranteed." With this concept came one of my new favorite movies to watch and cannot wait to watch again and possibly talk about with some other person who has also seen it. I know I tend to always say I recommend this movie if I really like it, and I will say the same for this one as well but, once again out of most of the Indie films I have seen on this list this is by far my favorite one, and is one movie I will never get tired of watching over and over again. What I also loved about this movie is that it had a lot of funny quotes as well that made the movie even better as it went along. This movie was the perfect premise for time traveling and I think since it can be considered sort of a sc-fi movie the sc-fi fans will love it, even if you just like time traveling in general I think you will love it.