A Safe Place

2020
1h 24m

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17, Albion Street is home to three vulnerable adults with mental health conditions. KEVIN is autistic (pathological demand avoidance syndrome), obsessed with bicycles, football, and washing ... Read all17, Albion Street is home to three vulnerable adults with mental health conditions. KEVIN is autistic (pathological demand avoidance syndrome), obsessed with bicycles, football, and washing cars for money. He repeatedly tampers with the bicycle of LUKE JONES, Kevin's favourite su... Read all17, Albion Street is home to three vulnerable adults with mental health conditions. KEVIN is autistic (pathological demand avoidance syndrome), obsessed with bicycles, football, and washing cars for money. He repeatedly tampers with the bicycle of LUKE JONES, Kevin's favourite support worker at 17, Albion Street and whom Kevin considers his best friend. After repeated... Read all

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10eg-43706

Very Enjoyable Comedy on Mental Health and More

Very good film on 17 Albion Street, care home for adults with various mental health issues. I thought this film treated the subject with honesty and care. I've worked many years in care homes similar to 17 Albion Street and this film rings true to what it is like and it does it with humour. When one thinks of care homes, we often think of the elderly and it can sound depressing but this film is far from depressing. It is uplifting and a joy.

9dannojames

Funny and Touching

This film kicks ass, not literally but in a the way a film should- it's social realism at it's finest, and trust me, I don't like the social realism of the Ken Loach variety, except for Looking For Eric and Kes. I digress. Essentially, this film, A Safe Place, is about three people that live in a care home, and one of them steals the safe, which is sort of a ploy in the story, a focal point to a greater issue at hand, which I won't and can't say. A Safe Place takes a subject matter that could have been heavy and boring, and makes it fun.

1boxleyflippin

Absolute TRASH (only gave 1 star so I could leave a review)

I'm lazy AF and never leave movie feedback but this movie was such a piece of human waste that it motivated me to try and save as many poor souls from wasting precious time they will never get back. Useless toy review videos on YouTube are more entertaining.

9shellywatson-72465

A film that punches above its weight

A film that makes you think outside the box, keeps you guessing, and is informative in its depictions of mental health. Kevin, one of the leads, reminded me of a modern day Randall P. McMurphy of Cuckoo's Nest fame, and Earl and Teddy were like comic book characters I've never seen before, and I mean that in a good way. I like that at the beginning of the film there were no credits that drag out the intro, which always seems a waste of time in films. Instead when we see text or the credits they are the descriptions of the main characters themselves, thought that was a nice touch, and kind of Goddardesque.

9barnessteve-93479

British Indie film Gold

Some great performances, really liked a lot of the settings and atmosphere, cool music too that was at times quirky. The actor who plays Kevin is very good, like to see more of him. Lots of other fine actors too. The prostitutes, the crazy guy Frank is in your face, and Earl and Oberon who seem to live in some parallel universe. The treatment of a care home in modern day Britain rang true for me having experience in that sector, and which intrigued me to watch. John Henry Westhead of Clerks fame directed this one and apparently he has a couple of more bigger budget movies coming soon?