Safe (1995)

Cast

Julianne Moore
as Carol White
Dean Norris
as Mover
James Le Gros
as Chris
Xander Berkeley
as Greg White

Get more information about Safe (1995) on IMDb

Genres & Description

Action Drama

7.2 / 10

"Safe" has been described as a horror movie of the soul, a description that director Todd Haynes relishes. California housewife Carol White seems to have it all in life: a wealthy husband, a beautiful house, servants, beauty, and a lot of friends. The only thing she lacks is a strong personality: Carol seems timid and empty during all of her interactions with the world around her. At the beginning of the film, one would consider her to be more safe in life than just about anyone. That doesn't turn out to be the case. Starting with headaches and leading to a grandmal seizure, Carol becomes more and more sick, claiming that she's become sensitive to the common toxins in today's world: exhaust, fumes, aerosol spray, etc. She pulls back from the sexual advances of her husband and spends her nights alone by the TV or wandering around the outside of her well-protected home like an animal in a cage. Her physician examines her and can find nothing wrong. An allergist finds that she has an ...

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Comments on this trailer
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Gram Muir

An absolutely terrible and misleading trailer for a truly amazing film. - @Friday, April 20, 2018 9:43 AM

Deceiver

I love 90s trailers. - @Monday, March 12, 2018 8:16 PM

palemoonlight96

Just read a great analysis about this movie in a social psychology book. It captures perfectly what it feels like to crave a reality you haven't experienced yet - but deep inside know that it's realistically possible to reach as long as you are willing to revolutionize and change many aspects of your current life, leave your comfort zone and go pursuit what you long for. It's never easy but it *will be worth it!* - @Sunday, January 21, 2018 12:38 AM

Mobley Hernandez

Deeply disturbing, visionary film. - @Thursday, November 16, 2017 7:00 AM

fromdeepitcame

lol Trailer makers had no idea how to sell this film, or seemed to understand what it was about - @Friday, September 15, 2017 1:44 PM

Ivan T

Hey that's the dad from T2! - @Friday, April 7, 2017 6:22 AM

sexobscura

*greg and carol are a married couple* *what did mike think of this* - @Monday, February 13, 2017 3:21 AM

savedfaves

Compared to the film the trailer is terrible. - @Wednesday, January 25, 2017 7:22 PM

serge gainsbourg

Look like a disturbing movie...! - @Wednesday, January 4, 2017 7:31 PM

C. Yuen

Julianne Moore should have won her Oscar 20 years ago - @Wednesday, August 17, 2016 1:36 PM

Sara Dickson

What's the scene with the guy in a mask wandering around outside? - @Wednesday, July 20, 2016 7:43 AM

Jean-François Brunet

Pretty awful how the trailer misrepresents the movie and makes it look like a Sci-Fi/Horror flick when it is a sort of compassionate satire of American suburbia. - @Monday, July 4, 2016 9:08 PM

Vincent Rubino

Best movie of all time - @Tuesday, April 26, 2016 7:24 PM

ringdigger

One of my favourite films - @Monday, March 21, 2016 4:36 PM

Mmmmmmmbacon

This film is great...and uniquely Haynes. None of this comes across in the trailer, which is almost tongue and cheek in how actually "off the mark" it is. - @Monday, February 22, 2016 4:54 PM

confused frog

One of the best and most disturbing movies I've seen in years. I highly recommend it. - @Sunday, January 17, 2016 3:21 AM

Mark G

B- - @Sunday, September 27, 2015 5:39 AM

Kreshnik Kastrati

great movie / great trailer - @Saturday, August 29, 2015 12:19 AM

David Brown

Very high praise among the comments here. I must admit, I'm not exactly reeled in by the trailer, but I'll give this a go soon. - @Thursday, July 23, 2015 11:05 AM

Bronson

it's out there... - @Friday, May 8, 2015 3:19 PM

ingod idoubt

Quite simply, a masterpiece. Where is Julianne Moore's Oscar? - @Friday, March 13, 2015 3:27 PM

jeffkoons001

i can't think of a worse trailer for this movie, which, incidentally is extraordinary - @Thursday, February 12, 2015 4:43 PM

dasadist22

Explores white paranoia. - @Monday, February 9, 2015 1:26 AM

Jess Tasca

- @Monday, December 8, 2014 6:41 PM

weskitten

A moment I recall from SAFE: at the end when she goes to the health retreat, she has a moment with the young man, and the viewer thinks there's an attraction or one's is going to make a pass at the other, but it doesn't happen. Do folks recall that moment too? - @Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:59 AM

Skibofilms Productions

I saw this movie in the threatre and it blew my mind away. I was numb for days. It's very haunting and beautiful. This trailer is not necessarily the best representation of the movie. I think people will be tricked. Go out and find the movie. Thumbs up. - @Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:16 AM

Matt C

I've watched this film so many times I think it has to be my fave - @Wednesday, October 29, 2014 3:31 AM

Ronald Deron Twohatchet

Fuck Pulp Fiction. This is the most important and greatest film of the 90s. - @Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:10 AM

theeab1993

Guess not too many people have seen this movie - @Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:23 PM