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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 5017239192241 Format: PAL Languages: Number Of Discs: 1 Region Code: 2 Theatrical Release Date: February 26, 2003 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: A gorgeous collage of human details, The Safety of Objects intertwines the stories of four families living as neighbors in a pleasant suburb, all of them grappling in various ways with the aftermath of a car accident that left a teenager in a coma. That may sound histrionic, but the movie is carefully composed of little things, some ordinary--a lawyer uproots his wife's flowers because he mistakes them for weeds--and some absurd--a boy fantasizes about having a relationship with his sister's doll. But all of it, absurd or not, has some core of emotion. As the title suggests, the characters seek solace in the inanimate, things that can't betray, abandon, or truly need them. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Clarkson, Mary Kay Place, Jessica Campbell (Election), and Kristen Stewart (Panic Room), among others; all fit together into a deeply felt whole. --Bret Fetzer Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Bad ideaThis film has a great cast but what a waste of talent! The individual short stories are artlessly scrambled together with disastrously fragmented results. Trying to film A.M. Homes's fiction must be like trying to film a bunch of Peanuts comic strips by separating & shuffling the individual panels. The rhythm & pace of the originals are gone & in their place we get a bunch of scenes out of a very mediocre soap opera. Each episode, each character needs total focus, the ... Read More Rating:  - Ambitious puzzle of the human nature!This a film that must be watched at multiple layers. You can figure out a multidimensional prism, where every face deals with a particular character and diverse approach about the existence's hard reality The impressive edition work and the increasing rhythmic tension can be imagined as frame that progressively shrinks and eventually struggles to every member of those four families whose lives are interweaved. The dramatic reality evasion experienced by the isolated young boy with his Barbie ... Read More Rating:  - Derailed not DestroyedIndividuals in four handsome suburban families are coming undone; the causes are diverse -- the trauma of a tragic accident, a divorce, a missed promotion, a growing apart in a long-standing marriage. Yet, gradually, instead of spinning out of control a la the much overpraised American Beauty, the individuals here do what most of us do when hit hard by life, they crawl back on course and, bruised but alive, move on. For that reason, Safety of Objects rings much truer than AB. I wonder if that could ... Read More Rating: - Squeezing the Cliche for All It Is Woth. From the outset, I must say that this film is bizarre. I must also say that, despite the fact that I liked it enough to give it three stars, you have seen this film before. Where? It is the same type of suburban-angst-gone-haywire plot you've seen in such films as American Beauty. If that is your sort of film, then this is your sort of film. If that is not your cup of tea, then this will not be either. The film is the story of 4 suburban families who have much more in common than first blush ... Read More Rating: - Despite the Bad Reviews, I Loved It!!!I absolutely loved this movie and highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't yet seen it. It's a wonderful collage of several suburban families who are somehow linked together although the reason is not revealed until the very end of the movie. Do yourself a favor and ignore the bad reviews and try it for yourself. |
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