I had to watch this movie for my Contemporary Political Theory course. I thought it started off pretty slow, but it works towards building a creepiness that pays off at the end. Reminded me of a low-key David Lynch type film. It was #12 in The A.V. Club's list of movies too painful to watch twice, so there are only a couple of other films to beat if you were in the mood for that type of thing...
A sort-of horror movie in which the monster is the entire world, Todd Haynes' Safe follows a rich, empty housewife (played masterfully by Julianne Moore) into the depths of "environmental illness"—a malady that real-world doctors still can't agree on. Is it all in her head, which is half-vacant and in need of something to worry about when all basic needs are met? Or is she just sensitive to low levels of toxic chemicals that most people simply don't notice? The film doesn't offer an clear answer—instead, it follows Moore through incredibly uncomfortable anxieties and unpeggable illnesses. She ends up at a wellness retreat, which at first seems to offer some hope, but she's soon sucked even deeper into the discomfort of her own mind. It's pure bleakness.
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