Save Yourselves!
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Cinematography | Matt Clegg |
Edited by | Sofi Marshall |
Music by | Andrew Orkin |
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Distributed by | Bleecker Street |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $301,162[1][2] |
Save Yourselves! is a 2020 American
Plot
Su and Jack, a 30-something
The couple awaken to find that Jack's
Driving through the woods, they witness another couple being killed by an alien in the middle of the road. Recalling the alien's attraction to alcohol, Jack throws a bottle of wine into the woods to lure the alien. The scent of ethanol distracts the alien, which sprays a pheromone and hovers into the forest, clearing their path. Su and Jack hear a baby crying in the other couple's truck, and begrudgingly go back to rescue it. A woman hiding in the back of the other truck emerges and holds them at gunpoint before driving off in the diesel-powered Land Rover, leaving the couple and the baby stranded in the woods. When the couple begin hallucinating due to the alien's pheromones, Su injects Jack and herself with two needles of epinephrine from the truck, but they lose consciousness.
They wake up to find an alien near the baby, who had crawled away while they were unconscious. When the alien shoots its
Cast
- John Paul Reynoldsas Jack "Jackie" Wyndam
- Sunita Mani as Surina "Su" Raji
- Ben Sinclair as Raph
- John Early as Blake
- Jo Firestone as Desi
- Johanna Day as Judy
- Amy Sedaris as the voice of Jack's mother
- Zenobia Shroff as the voice of Su's mother
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020.[7][8] Shortly after, Bleecker Street acquired distribution rights to the film.[9] It was released on October 2, 2020,[citation needed] and is available on Hulu in the United States.
Television series
A television series adaptation of the film for Hulu is in the works at Keshet Studios and Universal Television.[10][citation needed]
Critical reception
Save Yourselves holds an 89% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 91 reviews, with an average of 6.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Save Yourselves! doesn't do anything unexpected with its one-joke premise -- but fortunately, that one joke turns out to be consistently funny anyway."[11] Stephanie Zacharek from Time magazine praised the film, saying, "It takes itself just seriously enough, but not too seriously."[12]
References
- ^ "Save Yourselves! (2020)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ "Save Yourselves! (2020) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ Lussier, Germaine (January 21, 2020). "21 Intriguing Sundance Movies That Could Become 2020's Sleeper Genre Hits". Gizmodo. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ "Sundance announces 2020 Screenwriters Lab participants". Park Record. December 27, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ Rotten Tomatoes — Save Yourselves!
- ^ "Save Yourselves!". Bleecker Street. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (December 4, 2019). "Sundance Unveils Female-Powered Lineup Featuring Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem, Abortion Road Trip Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ "Save Yourselves!". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 13, 2020). "'Save Yourselves!' Alien Sci-Fi Comedy Nabbed By Bleecker Street After Sundance Bow". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Peter White (2 February 2021). "Universal TV & Keshet Studios Developing TV Adaptation Of Sci-Fi Comedy Feature 'Save Yourselves!' After Extending First-Look Deal". Deadline. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Save Yourselves! (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ "Save Yourselves! Is an Engaging, Timely Sci-Fi Comedy About the Need to Unplug". TIME Magazine. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
External links
- Save Yourselves! at IMDb