another mundane commentary on the loneliness of a meaningless existence in the suburban wasteland
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03/09/03
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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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03/09/03
Its failed bid for originality takes the form of an unreasonably high quirkiness quotient.
03/09/03
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
Enough to give any audience near-terminal suburban angst exhaustion.
03/08/03
Troche has cast the film deftly and given it some intriguing flourishes.
03/08/03
Troche has bitten off quite a bit here, and it's too much for her to chew properly.
03/07/03
A wistful, beautifully acted ensemble drama.
03/07/03
A noble attempt that doesn't hang together.
03/07/03
Top CriticThis film is an acquired taste, but its fine ensemble of actors makes it easy to empathize. Very easy, in fact.
03/07/03
It is as provocative as it is touching.
03/07/03
Top CriticConceptually, it's a good try. But even with a fine cast working near peak proficiency, The Safety of Objects gets all tangled up by its own aspirations and, ultimately, trips into a quicksand of bathos.
03/07/03
Top CriticAn unmemorable stew of familiar suburban angst.
03/07/03
Instead of being satisfying, it's stifling -- too neat, too planned out, too restrictive in its imagination.
03/07/03
The Safety of Objects doesn't expose nearly enough of the pre-traumatic to make before distinguishable from after. So the film leaves you dissatisfied, as though you'd just spent two hours with a menagerie of plastic white people.
03/07/03
Top CriticA movie that never finds a consistent tone.
03/07/03
...may not make a big splash at the box office, but for those who it'll connect with, it'll be one of their favorites of the year.
03/07/03
Sometimes repellent and always patronizing, The Safety of Objects blunders through several stories that fit together as well as pieces from a dozen different jigsaw puzzles.
03/07/03
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
Suffers from a case of too many dramas, too little time.
03/07/03
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