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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Dallas ObserverBill GalloDallas ObserverBill GalloThis is not the easiest film in the world to untangle, but our attentions are soon rewarded.
- 75USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigThe interwoven stories are haunting, but also darkly funny.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasFor all of Troche's skill and talent, The Safety of Objects (a splendid title) nevertheless tries to cover too much territory. In movies, as elsewhere, a little less sometimes can add up to a lot more.
- 63Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleThe Safety of Objects doesn't carry the power of Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm," a similarly themed work about WASPS in crisis. Objects is too artificial, clunky with too many preposterous situations.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliNot a complete waste of time, but it doesn't make us FEEL the way better dramas do, and, in the end, it lacks the qualities that would make it memorable or powerful.
- 60The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe result is not a quilt, just a succession of story snippets that keep interrupting one another.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakOutside of its star power, it reeks of indie film and doesn't hold much mainstream steam.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertTroche's tone is so relentlessly, depressingly monotonous that the characters seem trapped in a narrow emotional range. They live out their miserable lives in one lachrymose sequence after another, and for us there is no relief.
- 40Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonAlthough it has moments of charm and poignancy -- this is one of Glenn Close's best hours -- the scheme and scope of the movie are just too darned obvious.