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06/23/03
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The Safety of Objects (2003)
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Reviews Counted:72
Fresh:35
Rotten:37
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: The large cast of characters and scripting are too unwieldy, and the suburban angst theme feels tired.
Theatrical Release:Mar 7, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $86,250
Synopsis: THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS is an American suburban drama filled with subversive humour. We uncover the lives of four neighbouring families as they struggle to make honest human relationships. In doing... [More]
Starring: Glenn Close, Patricia Clarkson, Dermot Mulroney, Joshua Jackson
Director: Rose Troche
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12/30/06
[Troche] assembles the damaged human elements of Ms. Homes's world with patience and precision, and more often than not chooses dry understatement over easy satire or obvious sentiment.
03/06/03
Top CriticThe film is so energetic (a plus) that its body is often ahead of its brain. Still, the movie isn't so sappy that we're forced to resist it.
01/11/02
After a slow start in which the complexities of person and plot take an age to get established, the film catches real emotional fire in some most unexpected places.
03/14/03
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03/27/03
It is as provocative as it is touching.
03/07/03
Top CriticTroche's film derives its voltage from the way it burrows to find that the connections within -- and among -- families are very much alive.
03/06/03
Top CriticEach one of these characters experiences an incredibly healing moment and you want to celebrate with them, laugh with them, cry with them - they moved me.
03/14/03
A graceful example of what movies can do so much better than other art forms: explore the nuances of human behavior.
03/14/03
A deftly made and poignant character study that deals with life's heartaches and its tender mercies.
03/13/03
Much of the film improves as it goes, with the help of veterans Close and Clarkson.
03/13/03
With a long running time that no amount of nonlinear construction can successfully quicken, Safety does have sequences and whole story lines that are fresh and thoughtfully entertaining.
03/10/03
Top Critic...there's a lot worth recommending about the film.
08/01/03
The first truly great motion picture of 2003...seamlessly interweav[ing] its complicated characters and their even more complicated lives into a wholly original and vibrant tapestry.
03/08/03
[Troche has] made a quantum leap in the depth and confidence of her direction, coaxing career-best perfs from everyone involved while fleshing out each storyline to maximum impact.
03/11/03
A couple of unexpected revelations in the final act pack an emotional wallop that shifts the film into the realm of old-fashioned tearjerker, but the tears are wholly earned.
03/06/03
Thematically unoriginal but redeemed by fine performances, a sense of humor, and fluid editing.
02/04/03
Troche has created a truly moving film, upsetting and uplifting in equal measure.
08/05/03
Not my life, not yours, but lives worth living and looking in on.
03/05/03
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