Safelight
Set in the 1970s, Charles is a high school senior with physical challenges, Vickie is a troubled runaway turning tricks at a truck stop, and Skid is her dangerously psychotic pimp, who has a huge chip on his shoulder. A teenage boy and girl discover a renewed sense of possibility as they go on a road trip to photograph lighthouses along the California coast. The three of them face each other in a violent showdown that will change their lives forever.
30 May 1986, New York City, New York, USA
24 March 1991, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
20 December 1963, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
4 April 1950, Birmingham, Michigan, USA
17 February 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
12 March 1960, New York City, New York, USA
21 July 1989, London, England, UK
28 January 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 July 1953, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
August 11, 2015
I hope Temple finds a way to stick around until such time as she figures out where she fits in best and what she's best at. When that happens, she is gonna lay waste.July 17, 2015
Following a by the numbers "Abused and downtrodden young couple finds a modicum of happiness in a cruel world through their affection for each other" premise, "Safelight" is about the friendship and the inevitably blossoming romance.July 17, 2015
Uneven would be a kind word for "Safelight."July 16, 2015
Safelight would be better titled Lightweight.July 16, 2015
Everything in writer-director Tony Aloupis' "Safelight" feels telegraphed.July 17, 2015
To write off "Safelight" as just another generic romantic teen drama about wounded souls who find healing in each other's arms wouldn't do justice to its baffling ineptitude.July 16, 2015
Does the world really need another indie film about lost souls living quiet lives of desperation in a heaven-forsaken one-horse town?July 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.July 18, 2015
Given that we've seen this story before and didn't like it then, Safelight should perhaps just be called "safe".July 20, 2015
A bland and unremarkable tale of sad souls and dead-end circumstances from first-time feature director Tony Aloupis.July 17, 2015
An attractive cast can't rescue this well-meaning but slow, sappy romantic triangle.