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Mar 7, 2003 · The Safety of Objects. Roger Ebert March 07, 2003. Tweet. Now streaming on: Rent. Powered by JustWatch. Side by side on a shady suburban street, in houses like temples to domestic gods, three families marinate in misery. They know one another, but what they don't realize is how their lives are secretly entangled.
Mar 7, 2003 · 50% Tomatometer 74 Reviews 66% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold (Glenn Close) has...
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- Rose Troche
- R
- Glenn Close
Though 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...
Aug 15, 2003 · 42 User reviews. 45 Critic reviews. 58 Metascore. Awards.
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- Drama
- Rose Troche
- 2003-08-15
Sep 14, 2001 · Reviews. Sep 14, 2001 12:00am PT. The Safety Of Objects. The seemingly unrelated lives of four suburban families intertwine with powerful consequences in "The Safety of Objects,"...
Mar 7, 2003 · Mixed Reviews. Negative Reviews. 80. The New York Times. With the help of an ensemble that is nearly flawless, she (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. Read More. By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW. 75.
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 50% of 74 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 5.93/10. The site's consensus reads: "The large cast of characters and scripting are too unwieldy, and the suburban angst theme feels tired."
