Safe in Hell
Warner Bros. | Release Date: December 12, 1931 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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75
Chicago ReaderReece Pendleton
Wellman’s splendid direction animates an otherwise static script, deftly blending comedic moments with surprisingly dark undertones. This 1931 drama may lack the punch of Wellman’s The Public Enemy, released the same year, but it’s still a fine display of his talents. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleStaff (Not Credited)
Gritty, bleak and sexy, the movie is also, between the lines, a strong feminist statement. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
Safe in Hell doesn’t offer anything extraordinary in the way of skin or innuendo, but it’s chockablock with the kind of situations and characters that would be verboten on screen for nearly three decades commencing in mid-1934. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMordaunt Hall
Safe in Hell is a little reminiscent of "The Unholy Garden," with its tropic sanctuary where rogues of various nationalities live out their days in happy oblivion, safe from the long arm of extradition. The theme is a good deal sadder, a sort of meldodramatization of all those sad songs about the women who will die rapturously for their men. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
A winding story with no real direction. Read full review
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
A sad and unsatisfactory finish is obviously an attempt to lend credence to an impossible yarn. It doesn't help, for as long as the story is thoroughly unbelievable up to the finish, no ending could change that impression. [22 Dec 1931, p.15]
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