Review of Safe

Safe (1995)
5/10
Just didn't work for me
26 May 2006
Safe is a very well made film. It was so well made it had me eating out of it's hand and asking "what's going to happen now?" - nothing was the answer. Julianne Moore plays Carol White, a housewife who doesn't seem to be well at all. Is her illness genuine? Is it in her head? and all such questions are thrown at you and a good amount of suspense is built up and just as you're waiting for the big revelation, or at least a clue as to what's really happening the credits start rolling. Needless to say, this is just my opinion, there are some viewers who would enjoy this sort of end to the film and sit chewing over it for an hour or so after, myself, I wanted some answers. As said before the film is very well made and Haynes' directing and the score are used brilliantly, the film holds an internal intensity that was great to watch, but if you were to watch it, be aware of the ambiguity ahead, otherwise you'll just have the "what, that's it?" feeling that I had, which for me, swept the rug out of most of what I had just enjoyed.
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