Save Yourselves!

Save Yourselves!

This movie is about expectations. I had seen the trailer, saw the "tribbles" (poofs), got a sense of the two main characters (Mani and Reynolds) and knew this wasn't a even a dramedy (just good fun). The film delivered exactly what I expected - something light, fun, relaxing and surprisingly funny (I had 4-5 laugh out loud moments which is very rare for me) among a light sprinkling of an alien infestation. The ending was a little too open-ended for my tastes - so I'm just going to assume that this very likable couple (along with baby Jack) had a happy ending. I think the director made the decision to let the viewer decide how it ends. I'm giving this film a "how it made me feel" rating of 8 because it entertained, put me in good spirits, made me laugh out loud (a rarity) and Sunita Mani/John Reynolds are the cutest couple I've seen in a long time.

source: Save Yourselves!

source: Save Yourselves!

I haven't laughed so hard in quite some time. Do you remember "Tribbles" from Star Trek? Imagine if the world was taken over by fat cute tribbles! A NYC couple decides its time to turn off the phones and get off the grid for awhile to "reconnect". They go off to a cabin in the woods and not long after these Tribble "Puff" creatures start causing havoc for the whole world. This movie is almost entirely a two actor show. It could have almost been done as a play, since it was mostly dialogue between Sunita Mani (who played Su) and John Paul Reynolds who played Jack. This couple was totally inept of real world skills. Their arguments about using a gun was hilarious, because I could imagine real people having this conversation. I thought Sunita Mani was adorable. John Paul Reynolds played the "modern sensitive non masculine man" to perfection. I fell over when they returned from hiding in the bathroom weilding a toilet plunger and a toilet bowl cover as weapons. I thought the movie was going great. The acting was wonderful, and I thought we were getting somewhere, but the final act was very disappointing for me. The story ended very abruptly. All of those laughs turned into disappointment. I was confused by the ending. But this doesn't take away from the fun performances of our two main actors.

This was a great little watch. If you go into it not expecting much then you would be pleasantly surprised. Yes the second half doesn't really align with where the story was initially going, but hey this is 2020 and that ending felt only fitting...

At first i didnt took seriously the bad reviews, i was thinking, i was prepared to see a bearable movie and that would enough for me. I really wasnt prepared for THAT AWFUL thing that they called it movie. One free advice, take SERIOUSLY the bad reviews, they dont lie. You thank me later.

"Save Yourselves!" (2020 release; 93 min.) brings the story of John and Sue, a couple in Brooklyn. As the movie opens, they are bickering about computer and smart phone time. After attending a party where a friend offers his renovated updated cabin for free for a week, John and Sue eagerly take up the offer, and furthermore, they decide to disconnect from their phones and computers... At this point we are 10 min. into the film but to tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out. Couple of comments: this small-budget indie movie was written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, this being their feature length debut. The story is the umpteenth reimagination of what "the end of the world" might look like, but they bring it with an original twist that I will not give away. Watch the film and the title of my review will make all the sense in the world. Sunita Mani (as Sue) and John Reynolds (as Jack), best known for their respective TV work, are enjoyable in the lead roles. They are in just about every frame of the film, and for long stretches it's just them. This film is billed as a scifi comedy, and I suppose it is. But I must be honest: rarely laughed (and certainly not out loud). The film lacks gravitas to be taken seriously, but it also lacks truly funny moments to work as a comedy. Instead what we get is an off-center indie film that is more quirky than anything else. "Save Yourselves!" opened this weekend at my local art-house theater here in Cincinnati, of course fully adhering to all COVID-19 social distancing and other protocols. Not that it matter much, as the Friday early evening screening where I saw this at was attended poorly: exactly 3 people (including myself) in the theater's largest room. I honestly don't know how this and other theaters can keep operating like this on a profitable basis. Meanwhile, if you have any interest in an atypical "end of the world" scifi comedy, I'd readily suggest you check this out , be it in the theater, on VOD, or eventually on DVD/Blu-ray, and draw your own conclusion.

The two main characters are boring, insufferable, aggravating, annoying people. The movie is boring, nothing happens but a lot of inane yammering by two morons. I knew they were idiots but they proved it when they choose CNN first for a news source. Do yourself a favor and avoid this like a plague.

Total Waste of time. no point no meaning and the two most useless human on earth.