Film: Safety Not Guaranteed.

 

"WANTED: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have only done this once before.
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED."

"Three employees of Seattle Magazine head to the scenic, seaside community of Ocean View to find and profile the man behind a bizarre and hilarious classified ad looking for a partner to travel through time.
 Darius (Aubrey Plaza, The To Do List) along with fellow intern Arnou, follow Jeff (Jake Johnson, New Girl) their party hard boss, to profile the potential lunatic behind the preposterous proposition.
 Tracking down the paranoid Kenneth (Mark Duplass, Your Sister's Sister, Zero Dark Thirty) the source of their story, Darius must then face a series of challenges to prove that she can be trusted before she finds out the real reasons behind the desire to travel through time.
 What this hapless three find is beyond expectation and soon they realise that although everyone's need for change is different, the power to hope for something better is universal."

 To begin with, if you go into "Safety Not Guaranteed" expecting a full-on Time Travel comedy then you may be disappointed. There are some bits that are pretty funny - Kenneth's attempted break-in to a research lab for instance - but this isn't really that kind of film.

 It's not really a Time-Travel film either.

"Safety Not Guaranteed" is all about the way Darius and Kenneth get to know each other. Darius is a misfit, Kenneth even more so. You could almost describe him as "Damaged". Or "Nuts" if you prefer.
 Watching the two of them gradually ease into being comfortable together is rather delightful to behold.
 As a contrast you get Jeff's attempts to hook up with an ex-girlfriend, which he proceeds to do in the most asshole-ish way possible.
 In the last quarter of the film things ramp up to a definite extent - there's some revelations about Kenneth that threatens to take the film into something darker. I don't want to give too much away so I'll stop there.

I stepped outside my comfort-zone for this film and I am glad that I did. "Safety Not Guaranteed" isn't the film I thought it was going to be, but that film wouldn't have been anywhere near as enjoyable.

Worth seeing as long as you don't expect too much actual Time Travel.

Here's the trailer.