Lovely little film about a writer for a Seattle magazine (Jake Johnson) and two of his interns (Aubrey Plaza & Karan Soni) who set out to do a piece on add placed in a local paper asking for a time traveling partner.
The film is very quaint, very indie. Yes there are cutesy little musical drop ins that let us know how quaint and indie it is, but that's ok, the film is too good for that to be very distracting.
While the set up is very sci-fi, the film is more about the 4 leads and their emotional growth/struggles than it is time travel, although not knowing what exactly is going on, or going to happen next, gives the film a crispness and a constant. It never drags or bores you.
The performances are all excellent, the tone is near perfect, and the story expertly walks the tight rope between silliness and sincerity, never letting either extreme get in the way of itself.
Safety Not Guaranteed, but your enjoyment is.
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