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(Image credit: Sundance Institute)
(Image credit: Sundance Institute)
I’m constantly going on about the brilliant comedies coming toAmazon Prime Video, be it the return ofUploador the addition of a Kiwi comedy with97% on Rotten Tomatoes, but this is a sadder tale, with one of my favourite funny films leaving the service imminently.
Sitting in the “Titles expiring in the 30 days” section of Prime Video isSafety Not Guaranteed,a brilliant sweet and oddball indie comedy from 2012 that was made for less than a million dollars, and it’s leaving on the 1st of November.
It has the tag ‘Gentle’ on Prime Video and I would agree. This is an inherently uplifting movie that I’ve watched time and time again. But that’s not to say it isn’t funny.
We follow aspiring journalist Darius (a superb Aubrey Plaza) as she is assigned to shadow more experienced writer Jeff (An equally excellent Jake Johnson) who is investigating the magazine ad. Jeff’s methods are unique, it may look like he’s actually spending more time trying to win back a long lost high-school love but I swear he is working hard too.
Luckily for our newshounds, tracking down the mysterious wannabe time traveller isn’t too difficult, but persuading him to talk is, and that’s where Darius comes in. She and Kenneth (Mark Duplass) have a shared bond over lost loved ones, that could get her closer to the story. But can either of them be trusted?
What follows is a beautifully nuanced friendship with light touches of sci-fi and a suspension of disbelief that I really cannot recommend highly enough. With a 91% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, plenty of others feel the same way.
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