1995 · drama
Safe
Directed by Todd Haynes1h 59m1995
Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.
Our read: Safe (1995) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- bleak
- cold
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How Safe feels to watch.
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“You want a clinical suburban illness allegory that quietly dismantles normal life.”
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