Safelight
Arc Entertainment | Release Date: July 17, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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2
Negative:
5
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50
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 14, 2015
Mainly, though, Safelight is just a California tourism travelogue — See Scenic Joshua Tree, Visit the Lighthouses of Southern California. Which we do, in 80 odd-but-not-odd-enough minutes. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 16, 2015
Safelight squanders the efforts of a talented cast who are unable to lift the material beyond its clichés. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniJul 16, 2015
Aloupis is not untalented as writer or helmer. But his first outing is an unsurprising, paint-by-the-numbers picture. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin ChangJul 20, 2015
A handful of solid performances and some subtle ’70s period detailing are hardly enough to recommend this flat, predictable drama. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiJul 16, 2015
First-time filmmaker Tony Aloupis, formerly frontman of the New Jersey rock band Shadows of Dreams, serves up Americana like a stale slice of apple pie. Read full review
25
The PlaylistOktay Ege KozakJul 14, 2015
A bland and utterly predictable melodrama desperate to hide itself as a deft character study. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJul 17, 2015
Bad movies are common. Shockingly bad movies, ones that are so incompetently conceived and executed as to force one to question how they got made, are less so, despite what Angry Film Twitter might have you believe. Safelight is a jaw-droppingly bad movie, a film that doesn’t have characters or a plot. Read full review
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