Underplayed Gems

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

Safety Not Guaranteed poster
Directed by
Colin Trevorrow
Genre
comedy film, science fiction film, romantic comedy, coming-of-age film, magic realist film, time-travel film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
R
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 1,634 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

A magazine intern and her two coworkers investigate the person behind a classified ad seeking a time travel companion. They find a lonely grocery store clerk who claims he is building a time machine. The intern joins his mission as a way to connect with something genuine.

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What happens

Safety Not Guaranteed is a 2012 American science fiction comedy film directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass. It was inspired by a joke classified ad that ran in Backwoods Home Magazine in 1997. The film was screened at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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