Safe

Safe

December 12, 2025
30th Anniversary 4K Restoration Re-Release

Details About the Film

Rereleasing in honor of its 30th anniversary with a new digital restoration, Todd Haynes’s Safe stars Julianne Moore as Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife caught in the grips of a mysterious illness in the late 1980s. When Carol is unable to receive a clear diagnosis from doctors, she comes to believe that she has extreme environmental allergies. A deeply innovative and unsettling work from Haynes, Safe is at once a commentary on self-help culture, a metaphor for the HIV/AIDS crisis, a melodrama about white femininity, and a horror film about what cannot be seen.

Rating:
R
Director(s): Todd Haynes
Starring: Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Dean Norris, Julie Burgess
Year Released: 1995
Runtime: 119 minutes
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Language(s): English
Accessibility Options: ListenTech (Hearing Impaired / Personal Amplified Audio Receiver w/optional T-Coil loop)

Film Reviews

"The surreal, detached nature of Safe puts it firmly in the horror genre, even while tackling urgent issues that haunt us all. [Julianne] Moore, as always, doesn't flinch. It's a movie and performance that will have you questioning everything." 

–Matt Patches, Polygon

"Intended to be an exploration of the attitudes and anxiety surrounding the AIDS crisis, Safe still possesses the ability to leave viewers breathless and squirming in their seats."

–Sarah Fonseca, them.

"Beautifully constructed, chilling internal nightmare where every scene plays out like a little mini movie in and of itself. Brilliant."

–Rob Fraser, Empire Magazine

 

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