‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ Trailer: This Is Not A Joke

By  · Published on March 28th, 2012

Here’s how it is (and how I suspect it’s going to be) ‐ we love Colin Treverrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed ‘round these parts, and we think you might love it, too. The film debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and while I was not as effusive in my praise for it as Rob Hunter was when it played at SXSW last month, I have not been able to stop thinking about it, and do agree with Rob’s assessment that it’s warm, witty, and wonderful. Hell, we even threw this time travel love story into our Best Movies of SXSW 2012 list, and Hunter and I gabbed about it on Reject Radio. See? Love.

Based on a true story (read: based on a want ad placed in a paper), the film follows Jake Johnson’s cocky journalist who drags two interns (Aubrey Plaza and Karan Soni) into the search for a man who has placed an ad looking for someone to travel through time with him. Again. Because he’s done it before ‐ though he can’t guarantee, you know, safety. What they find is Mark Duplass, a man who already more than a little off, with his time travel beliefs not doing him too many favors. But more than just the discovery of Duplass’s Kenneth, the group discovers, wait for it, much more about themselves. No, really. At the heart of that is an unexpected and consistently charming romance between Plaza and Duplass that should melt even the darkest of hearts.

This first trailer is actually a pretty solid introduction to the film ‐ it captures its tone, characters, humor, and chemistry quite well. Plainly said ‐ if you like this trailer, I can guarantee (tee hee) that you’ll like the final film.

Safety Not Guaranteed opens on June 8. Dudes, this is your date movie of the summer. [Apple, via /Film]