
Safety Last!
You're Going to Explode With "Safety Laughs" when You see This Fun Bomb.
Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Produced by Hal Roach Studios, Pathé Exchange
A gleefully inventive silent comedy that builds genuine suspense from a store clerk's death-defying climb up a skyscraper, balancing physical comedy with real peril.
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
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Questions people ask
Is Safety Last! sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.
Is Safety Last! one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 91% of films.
Does Safety Last! end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.
Is Safety Last! violent? Not especially. Less violent than 73% of films.
Is Safety Last! easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Is Safety Last! scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
There is almost nothing else like this.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
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