The first film by director Colin Trevorrow is a whimsical product of both the Sundance's brand of independent cinema and the low-budget film genre known as mumblecore. One of the leading roles in Safety Not Guaranteed is played by the writer-director Mark Duplass ,who with his brother pioneered mumblecore.
Darius Britt (Aubrey Plaza) is a college graduate who lives at home with her widower father and interns at a Seattle magazine. One of the magazine's writer Jeff suggests to investigate a newspaper classified ad where a man is asking for a companion to time travel with him. Darius, who at first seems disinterested in the whole situation , ends up being the one who has to pretend like she wants to time travel. They travel to the seaside community of the Ocean View to find the person behind the ad. Darius discovers that the person behind the ad is Kenneth Calloway (Mark Duplass), a stock clerk at a local grocery store. She expects him to be a total nutjob , but instead she finds that the man is insightful, sweet and softhearted person. Jeff reveals that he mainly took this assignment to find his ex-girlfriend Liz .
The film has a clear and poignant focus that drives an oddly moving story. It is a great blend of comedy and drama as it tells a very nice story on a very human level. It's well-acted , funny in a troubling, low-key way and offers insights into the world of people who can't cope with modern society.
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