Review of Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) by Patrick F — 10 Mar 2013
Just because Derek Connolly's IMDB profile sports a shot of him holding a Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award doesn't mean that he embodies the free speech vigilantes that ended the Age of McCarthyism.
His best efforts only safeguard the fleeting attention span of our culture. Examine the "intricacies" of this movie which makes Time Travel look like late-90's Richard Gere Romantic-Comedy.
You have Mark Duplass mumble-coring quantum physics mumbo jumbo at a supermarket while Aubrey Piaza's overuse of foundation and negative body fat excite his loins. Dissect if you will, this cutesy indie flick, which plays like an episode of The New Girl set to the pantomime heartbeat of David O Russel's worst work (Huckabees is still a deity removed from this watery-stool tale of finding the true self).
McCarthyism faded with the birth of Kerouac and Ginsberg, but its legacy of mind control is well and alive today and people like Connolly and director Colin Trevorrow only hold the vail over the mind's eye.
This review of Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) was written by Patrick F on 10 Mar 2013.
Safety Not Guaranteed has generally received positive reviews.
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