A wonderful ensemble piece, The Safety Of Objects makes up for lack of depth by providing a multiplicity of stories.
The rest of the film was decent, also. 😉
In some senses this is about tragedies of epic proportions, somehow made appealing. If you stop and think about the predicaments faced by these people, you’d realise that they’re incredibly screwed up, but there is a general feeling of ‘midday movie’ that stops anything from getting too serious.
There’s a great bunch of actors here. Glenn Close looks happy that she’s not chasing spotty dogs, and Timothy Oliphaunt gets to play a character I’ve never seen him attempt. Joshua Jackson doesn’t really do much (but then again neither does his character).
This is a fairly pedestrian script turned into a fantastic film. The acting, direction and editing make The Safety Of Objects an extraordinary filmmaking achievement.