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10/18/08
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.
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
Reviews for The Safety of Objects
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06/06/03
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
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12/30/06
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02/09/06
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07/21/05
Top CriticFour neighboring families, seven stories, one secret - one great movie.
10/19/04
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02/21/04
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08/19/03
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08/14/03
Troche has created a truly moving film, upsetting and uplifting in equal measure.
08/05/03
...there's a lot worth recommending about the film.
08/01/03
Simply put, there's too much going on, and too many fragile, damaged characters to fret appropriately over.
07/08/03
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06/23/03
Top CriticA richly compelling movie that is as hard to forget as it is difficult to warm up to.
06/06/03
A fairly deft sewing job of short stories by A.M. Homes.
06/06/03
It's a movie located in an interesting place, but without quite enough self-confidence really to inhabit it.
06/06/03
The sheer number and variety of miseries on view suggest a kind of wallowing.
04/10/03
The effectiveness of The Safety of Objects and all such 'burb-angst weepies comes down to how far viewers will go toward feeling empathetic, or even sympathetic, rather than resentful toward such self-absorbed and self-loathing characters.
04/03/03
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03/27/03
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