"Safety Not Guaranteed" film June 2012

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indie comedy sorta-sci-fi (time travel premise) film
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

and

The official synopsis of the film is thus:

From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine – When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes hes solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon. Together, they embark on a hilarious, smart, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that reveals how far believing can take you.

June 8, 2012 (USA) release date

this one looks pretty fun, if not moving. It may not be Primer, and it might not even be about time-travel when all is told, but it’s dropped onto my list of must-sees anyhow.

+ 2:30 movie trailer @
source
1080p trailer also @ Youtube

looks like at least a rental.

I think this says it all:

"it might not even be about time-travel when all is told"

so it has a premise which may or may not be the actual plot.

 

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Re: "Safety Not Guaranteed" marketing

from a review
'Safety' a quirky, charming sci-fi rom-com

but is actually

a quirky, low-budget indie romance masquerading as a quirky, low-budget indie science-fiction adventure.

Here's a tight, intelligent movie that wisely puts its limited finances into a single, well-staged finale that not only testifies to faith, but reminds us that in matters of the heart, safety is never guaranteed.

be warned of marketing ploys. This is not a sci-fi movie.

I guess this is a bit of a microtrend as another film is also marketing a sci-fi comedy as such but the sci-fi is in the background sort of like The Lake House.(2006)

A movie review of "Extraterrestrial," Nacho Vigalondo's misleadingly billed "science-fiction comedy." It dares to be dryly farcical while keeping its alien-invasion scenario completely in the background

'Extraterrestrial': Hovering between sci-fi and romantic comedy