Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.
the vibe
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What it feels like
slow-burndarkintenselayeredseriouspersonalhaunting
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Movie1995·119 min
Safe
Directed by Todd Haynes
A drama film directed by Todd Haynes.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 38%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.0/10
350 ratings
About Safe
- Pacing
- Slow-burn (1 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Unsettling, Contemplative
- Story Tags
- isolation loneliness, trauma recovery, late 20th century, ecological nature, medicine science, suburban, los angeles, strangers forced together, everyman, outsider misfit, slow burn reveal, survival