When I watch rom-coms, I always take a quick second of silence, I gasp for air, absorbing that the pic must be stuck in the trappings of both of its genre. Something fresh, fortunately, Safety Not Guaranteed, willingly clips its wings, not too tight so it can flap them slightly, generating some gust and thus; some breathable air to take in. I was reluctant when I've heard of the premise that the plot will pursue, which starts with a classified advert that reads: "Wanted: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. P.O. Box 91, Ocean View, WA 99393. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before.". An intern from Seattle Magazine named Darius (Aubrey Plaza, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) along with another intern named Arnau (Karan Soni) were assigned by article writer Jeff (Jake Johnson, New Girl) to come with him to Ocean View to work on the story behind the advert.
Darius rendezvouses with Kenneth (Mark Duplass, Cyrus), the advertiser from the classified and instantaneously builds rapport. On the course of turning the impossible desire to travel through time to a possibility, the two, as well as these other characters find the perfect time machine. First time director Colin Trevorrow, understood how much work he is required to with working with also first time screenwriter Derek Conolly's unjustifiably fun script. In the core of the pic, are lovable characters that, however familiar their cases may appear, felt fresh throughout. Duplass first-rate performance of his character Kenneth, the chemistry he effortlessly build with the similarly engaging Plaza, the whack-ish friendship that was built among the three colleagues, Jeff, Arnau and Darius, were all proof that indie filmmaking sometimes has the goods to trump on many Hollywood superiors.
What goods I was talking about was Trevorrow's adept understanding on the film - throw in a bit of sci-fi to a rom-com and you know you're likely to work on a stretch - as he took "time travel" in a different way, something unjustifiably plausible. The "time travel" in here is within each character's soul, Kenneth's scientific plight is triggered by an unfortunate love experience, Darius's travel is to her past, which is kind of lousy. Jeff's destination is to his past too, and the transportation is reuniting with a lost-fire back from high school but, in the end, doesn't work anyway. He constantly reminds Arnau that time waits for no one, and he can't be twenty-one forever. He has to get out there and get laid.
Trevorrow's pursuit to tell in images the movie's wistful and heartfelt script is very much inspired, reinforced with some vital performances from all of its major characters. The film feels lifelike, from the first frame to the third quarter's last, which begets the mainstream-like atmosphere that taints the authenticity which ironically the film initially held on to. In entirety, though, the film plays like a compelling spell, leaving you enchanted from the first words it utters to its last. A
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