Overwiew :The interwoven stories of four suburban families who are struggling to crawl out from the isolating safety of objects. Once a promising teenaged singer-songwriter, Paul Gold lies in his bedroom in a coma, nursed by his mother, Esther, who in her caregiver role, has unintentionally distanced herself from her husband and her teenage daughter, Julie. Jim Train is a lawyer who has more intimacy with his work than with his wife Susan; in response she chooses to settle into their new life without him. Their son Jake is finding it hard to conceal his burgeoning fantasy relationship with his sister's doll, Tani, the twelve-inch girl he adores. Annette Jennings, once Paul's lover, is in the midst of a messy divorce and is trying to keep herself together while raising her children, Sam and Rayanne, on a shoestring. Helen Christianson, bored by her husband and the banalities of everyday life, looks for something or someone new to inspire her.
Producers :
Jody Patton, Stephen Evans, Angus Finney, Pamela Koffler, Dorothy Berwin, Christine Vachon, Rose Troche, Eric Robison, Jon Marcus, Sophie Janson
Writers :
Rose Troche, A.M. Homes
Critic Reviews
Grade
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Paula Nechak : Outside of its star power, it reeks of indie film and doesn't hold much mainstream steam. more...
C+
San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle : ...the result is confusion and convolution... more...
D+
ReelViews - James Berardinelli : Part of me enjoyed The Safety of Objects, but another part of me was dissatisfied. more...
B-
New York Times - A.O. Scott : The movie is unsettling because it refuses to view its characters from a reassuring, judgmental distance. more...
B
New York Post - Megan Lehmann : ...suffers from a case of too many dramas, too little time. more...
C
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas : ... too much of a good thing. more...
B-
E! Online - The film's concluding surprise packs a wallop, but it hardly matters. Because by that time, : http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Movies/Reviews/0,1052,88034,00.html more...
Chicago Tribune - Robert K. Elder : ...presented with such confidence, such care, that we love all of the characters, even if we don't like them. more...
B
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert : ...the characters seem trapped in a narrow emotional range. more...
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