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02/21/04
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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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10/18/08
The actors perform beautifully, but most of this superb thespianism goes to waste on a script that wavers in tone from sublime to ridiculous.
03/07/03
Simply put, there's too much going on, and too many fragile, damaged characters to fret appropriately over.
07/08/03
I had a hard time keeping track of the members of each family from one jagged scene to the next, especially since no one says or does anything particularly interesting.
03/13/03
Top CriticThe characters are unusual enough, the dialogue sharp enough, and the acting good enough that it is relatively pleasant watching these lives for a couple hours.
02/08/03
Happiness is a Magnolia Ice Storm of American Beauty.
03/13/03
Top CriticThe scheme and scope of the movie are just too darned obvious.
03/07/03
Top CriticThough well-acted, Troche's third film, an adaptation of short stories, is a minor addition of a fractured, ensemble narrative to the overly populated genre of suburban malaise and anomie in the wake of the success of Mendes' Oscar-winner American Beauty
07/17/08
Tedious exercise in navel-gazing.
02/22/03
A film about people who feel too much for people who don't think too much.
03/06/03
One compelling story intertwined gracelessly with countless others ranging from mediocre to unspeakably idiotic.
03/20/03
The episodes seem strained, the characters sketchy and underdeveloped, and the connections among them contrived.
03/10/03
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