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SAFE is an unnerving story about a housewife, Carol (brilliantly played by Julianne Moore), who falls physically and psychologically ill from her environment. Director Todd Haynes casts an instantly eerie spell with hypnotic cinematography as Carol's stoic, perfect world is introduced. Her home is exquisite, her husband (Xander .. Read more

Starring	Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Susan Norman, Xander Berkeley
Director	Todd Haynes
Genres	Drama

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  Peerless
  
  Todd Haynes' cold, hard allegorical horror movie is a masterpiece. Ostensibly telling the story of an over-privileged Los Angeles housewife who slowly ... read more »
  
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  - Al80
  - 59 reviews
  - Brighton, England
  - 08 Aug 2007 at 13:58
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  Very slow
  
  This has to be the slowest film I have ever watched. I kept waiting for it to start....... seriously tedious
  
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- - a customer
  - 05 Aug 2011 at 23:40
- - 0
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  Don't bother
  
  The one star is awarded for the only good thing about this film. Julianne Moore. Painfully slow to watch, waitied patiently for the story to develop or ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 24 May 2011 at 20:23
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  True movie style
  
  If you like true movies then you will enjoy this film. Not the best quality film I have seen but an intriguing film all the same. I didn't think I would ... read more »
  
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  - englishtlady
  - 17 reviews
  - Whyteleafe
  - 22 Feb 2011 at 17:40
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  Long
  
  Felt a bit dated and slow, had to skip I'm afraid...
  
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  - Herts
  - 25 Jan 2011 at 21:28
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  A cure for insomnia
  
  Nice house. Good looking family. She seems a bit detached. Goodness knows what his first wife was like. She isn't very well. Exhaust fumes aren't ... read more »
  
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- - Gnome
  - Glasgow
  - 02 Nov 2010 at 09:34
- - 1
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  Strange
  
  I didn't enjoy this film and eventually switched it off after 45 minutes. Found the camera work to far away and wasn't very sure what the point was to ... read more »
  
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- - MiniDot
  - 10 reviews
  - Bonnyrigg
  - 16 Nov 2009 at 12:32
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  Safe to say it's awful
  
  Probably is the things the good reviews say it is too, but slow, boring, tedious.......you get the picture! Unwatchable, really.
  
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  - Morpeth
  - 20 Mar 2009 at 20:11
- - 2
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  Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  
  Maybe it was meant to be a campaigning film. After 1 hour nothing much happened so I had an early night.
  
  Film quality was poor, as though they had ... read more »
  
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- - AMB
  - 93 reviews
  - York
  - 11 Oct 2008 at 07:23
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  Safe No spoilers!!
  
  No spoilers!!
  
  Superb acting from Julianne Moore who almost becomes the main character Carol' a suburban housewife whose life descends into ... read more »
  
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  - gravesend
  - 28 Sep 2008 at 23:50
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  dark, dark, dark
  
  A lot of the reviews here talk about the film as a metaphor for AIDS. Maybe I am a little stoopid but they mention AIDS a number of times during the film so not... read more »
  
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- - Kilgore
  - 7 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 26 Sep 2008 at 14:09
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  Peerless
  
  Todd Haynes' cold, hard allegorical horror movie is a masterpiece. Ostensibly telling the story of an over-privileged Los Angeles housewife who slowly ... read more »
  
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- 464357
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  - Al80
  - 59 reviews
  - Brighton, England
  - 08 Aug 2007 at 13:58
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  Moore is superb in a fascinating indie film
  
  What a stunning film.
  
  People who have seen Far From Heaven will know of the greatness Julianne Moore and director Todd Haynes can achieve together. ... read more »
  
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- - Motta80
  - West Sussex
  - 26 Jul 2004 at 10:48
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  One of the most thought-provoking films ever
  
  I absolutely loved this. The period (1987) is realised perfectly through music, the framing is exquisite and Moore acts so well it is impossible to believe you ... read more »
  
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  - abingdonfilmlover
  - 72 reviews
  - Abingdon
  - 21 Jan 2005 at 21:25
- - 7
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  Haunted?
  
  "Safe" is haunted by a "Stepford Wives" feel. Carol White's husband is successful, his son nice, his dead wife died - how? Carol, ... read more »
  
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- - Columbia2
  - Oxfordshire
  - 16 Jan 2005 at 13:55
- - 7
  - 1
  Safe (if you don't hire this film !)
  
  Un-believably poor film and I am gob-smacked as to why Julienne Moore agreed to take part (star in it is too generous).
  
  Hire at your peril...
  
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- - crowie
  - Surrey
  - 24 Mar 2005 at 12:42
- - 7
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  self-obsessed drivel!
  
  Todd Haynes can be a brilliant director;but this,his first(?) movie is downright awful.It's NOT an allegory for Aids,it's NOT a take on 80's ... read more »
  
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  - Bournemouth,England.
  - 27 Aug 2008 at 16:14
- - 4
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  Dated
  
  A good story about the toxic environment that we live in & the real affect that it can have on some people. However this film was very dated and showed the... read more »
  
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  - Fairford Leys
  - 15 Jan 2006 at 20:41
- - 2
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  Horrific.
  
  Bleak, mesmerising and terrifying, this sickening horror follows a timid housewife's frightening descent from her confused, empty life into a dreadful, ... read more »
  
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- - Japhf Ford
  - England
  - 01 Sep 2006 at 13:55
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  Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  
  Maybe it was meant to be a campaigning film. After 1 hour nothing much happened so I had an early night.
  
  Film quality was poor, as though they had ... read more »
  
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- - AMB
  - 93 reviews
  - York
  - 11 Oct 2008 at 07:23
- - 1
  - 0
  Strange
  
  I didn't enjoy this film and eventually switched it off after 45 minutes. Found the camera work to far away and wasn't very sure what the point was to ... read more »
  
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- - MiniDot
  - 10 reviews
  - Bonnyrigg
  - 16 Nov 2009 at 12:32

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  SAFE is an unnerving story about a housewife, Carol (brilliantly played by Julianne Moore), who falls physically and psychologically ill from her environment. Director Todd Haynes casts an instantly eerie spell with hypnotic cinematography as Carol's stoic, perfect world is introduced. Her home is ...