The Safety of Objects Page #5

Synopsis: A series of overlapping stories about four suburban families dealing with different maladies. Esther Gold's life is consumed by caring for her comatose son; Jim Train is sent into a tailspin when he's passed over for a promotion; Annette Jennings' family is struggling in the wake of her divorce; Helen Christianson is determined to shake up her mundane life.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Rose Troche
Production: IFC Films
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2001
121 min
$86,250
Website
160 Views


MAN, I SHOULD HAVE NEVER

SHOWN HIM MY B*OBS.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO LIKE HE REALLY SAW THEM.

I MEAN, YOU HAD A BRA ON.

YOU NEEDED THE MONEY.

YOU NEEDED THE MONEY.

OH, MAN, I ATE

WAY TOO MUCH.

OH, GOD, I'VE BEEN

EATING ALL DAY.

I'VE GOTTA GO

BACK TO WORK.

I NEED TO GO:

TO THE BATHROOM.

I NEED TO GO:

TO THE BATHROOM.

UH, AHEM...

LISTEN, I'D, UH...

LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN

A LITTLE MAD AT ME LATELY.

I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND

AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE

CATHERINE AND I:

HAVE BEEN MAKING SOME

PRETTY SERIOUS DECISIONS.

AND WE'VE DECIDED...

THAT WE'RE GONNA

GET MARRIED.

THAT WE'RE GONNA

GET MARRIED.

AND I'M GONNA BE

YOUR SECOND MOM.

I AM...

I AM SO EXCITED:

ABOUT THAT, GIRLS.

AND YOUR FATHER:

AND I...

WE WOULD...WE WOULD

JUST LOVE I IF THE TWO OF YOU

WOULD STAND UP:

IN OUR WEDDING.

I DON'T WANT TO STAND.

WELL, IT WOULDN'T BE

EXACTLY LIKE THAT.

I DON'T CARE.

I DON'T WANT TO.

WELL, YOU JUS HAVE TO WAI UNTIL YOU SEE

THE DRESSES WE HAVE.

NO!

NO!

WE'LL TALK ABOUT I LATER, THEN.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT I LATER, THEN.

JIM, WHO WERE YOU

SITTING WITH?

DID YOU HAVE:

A DRINK WITH HER?

WHAT HAPPENED?

FORGET THAT.

GO TO THE MALL. CHECK

OUT SOME DISHWASHERS,

BECAUSE I BELIEVE

OURS IS UNFIXABLE.

OH, OK. UH,

SHOULD I CALL YOU

WHEN I NEED:

A RIDE HOME?

NO.

I THOUGH YOU COULD WALK.

GET IN SOME:

THINKING.

GET IN SOME:

THINKING.

WELL...

I GUESS:

WE BETTER GO.

YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, MOM, YOU DON' REALLY HAVE TO DO THIS.

IF YOU DON'T WAN TO DO IT, IT'S OK.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.

I MEAN, YOU COULD

GET A CHEAPER ONE,

BUT THEN THEY DON'T HAVE

THE STERILIZATION SETTING.

AND YOU KNOW:

WHAT THAT MEANS.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE

IN YOUR FAMILY GETS SICK,

THEN YOU ALL GET SICK.

AND THEN YOU START PAYING

OUT THE YOU-KNOW-WHAT.

YOU SEE THA BLENDER?

YEAH.

I'M GONNA USE IT TO MAKE

DIET DRINKS IN MY ROOM,

AND THEN I CAN GIVE I TO MY MOM FOR CHRISTMAS.

OH, MY GOD,

YOU'RE SO CONSIDERATE.

I'M GONNA GET ONE

FOR MY MOM, TOO.

Julie:
YEAH, IT'S CHEAP.

Tina:
IT'S REALLY CHEAP.

Karen:
OH, MY GOD.

COOL. ON SALE.

MINE TOTALLY MELTED.

Tina:
OH, MY GOD.

REMEMBER THAT GIRL

WHO BURNED OFF HER EYEBROWS

WITH A HAIR DRYER?

WAS HER NAME MARCY?

WHAT AN IDIOT.

NO, IT'S TRUE.

Julie:

MAN, WHAT TIME IS IT?

OH, F***, BOBBY! THA WAS NOT A HALF HOUR.

I'LL HAVE YOU HOME

IN 2 MINUTES.

I'LL HAVE YOU HOME

IN 2 MINUTES.

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

Karen:
HEY, COME ON.

SNAP OUT OF IT.

WE COULD:

FIND YOU BETTER:

AT A TRUCK STOP.

Tina:
HEY, THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

MY MOM DATES A TRUCKER.

Tina:
HEY, THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

MY MOM DATES A TRUCKER.

CAN I HELP YOU?

CAN I HELP YOU?

NO.

NO.

HEY THERE, Z-100 FANS.

ONLY 5 MINUTES LEF TILL WE ROCKS YOUR ROCKS

WITH OUR...

"YOU CALL IT, YOU HAUL IT"

MEGA JEEP CONTEST!

GET YOUR T-SHIRT AND GE YOUR HANDS ON THIS CAR!

A MAN NEEDS A PURPOSE.

THE Z-100 ANIMALS

ARE GONNA TEAR IT UP!

[GROWLS]

[GROWLS]

HI.

NAME?

TRAIN. JIM TRAIN.

T-R-A-I-N.

JIM TRAIN.

DID YOU CALL IN TO WIN?

NO. DO YOU HAVE TO?

SORRY. YOU GOTTA

CALL IT TO HAUL IT.

I'M SURE I CAN

FIND ANOTHER WAY.

I'M A LAWYER.

IF I COULD JUS GLANCE AT THIS

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT,

I'M SURE I COULD

FIND A LOOPHOLE.

THESE KINDS OF:

CONTRACTS ARE...

FILLED WITH--

NO CALL, NO HAUL.

D.J.:
SO IF YOU PLAN ON

HAULING IT,

YOU BETTER GET IN HERE.

YOU BETTER GET IN HERE.

JULIE. HI.

HI. WHAT ARE YOU

DOING HERE?

WELL, I TRIED

TO ENTER THE CONTEST,

BUT THEY MAKE I IMPOSSIBLE

WITH ALL THEIR:

RULES AND PHONE CALLS.

ARE YOU IN IT?

YOU HAVE TO BE 21, SO...

I GAVE THEM:

MY MOM'S NAME.

YOUR MOM?

YOUR MOM?

YOU CAN' MAKE HER DO THAT.

I CAN DO IT.

I CAN WIN IT.

WE'LL SPLIT IT 50-50.

NO WAY.

70-30.

I AM NOT SPLITTING

THAT CAR WITH YOU.

SHE'LL NEVER MAKE IT.

I'M STILL YOUNG.

YOU DON'T KNOW MY MOM.

D.J.:
8...7...6...

YOU HAVE TO LET ME DO IT.

I SAW YOU IN THE STORE.

WHAT STORE?

I SAW YOU TAKE:

THAT BLOW DRYER.

I DIDN'T TAKE

A BLOW DRYER.

YOU WERE THERE. THA MAKES YOU AN ACCESSORY.

D.J.:
LET'S GO!

Julie:
IT'S NOT GOING

TO CHANGE WHO'S IN IT NOW.

D.J.:
"YOU CALL IT, YOU HAUL

IT" CONTEST HAS BEGUN!

THERE WILL BE NO LEANING,

NO FALLING ASLEEP,

JUST GOOD, CLEAN

CAR TOUCHING:

FOR HOURS AND HOURS

AND HOURS.

FOR HOURS AND HOURS

AND HOURS.

NO, NO, COME ON.

I'M NOT PAYING.

IT'S YOUR CAR.

I MEAN, COME ON.

BRUCE, I KNOW IT'S MY CAR,

BUT BASICALLY:

ITS SOLE PURPOSE

IS FOR RUNNING:

THE KIDS AROUND.

COME ON.

FINE.

IF YOU COULD JUST GE YOUR HOTSHOT LAWYER

TO GET HIS FINGER OUT,

WE COULD HAVE:

THE COURT DECIDE

EXACTLY WHAT'S

MY RESPONSIBILITY

AND WHAT ISN'T.

THEY HAD A BOMB THREAT.

A BOMB THREAT.

THAT'S A NEW ONE.

I'VE GOTTA

HAND YOU THAT.

OK, THAT'S IT.

OH, MY GOD.

HE'S COMING OVER HERE.

RAYANNE, HONEY...

DADDY'S GOT TO GO.

Catherine:
THIS MUST BE

HARD FOR YOU.

SWEETIE?

A LITTLE.

A LITTLE.

LOOK, I REALLY

DON'T WANT TO

ADD ANY FUEL:

TO THE FIRE, HERE.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS WAITING

FOR BRUCE TO LEAVE, BUT...

WE WERE JUST WONDERING

WHEN IT WOULD BE ALL RIGH TO HAVE SOME MOVERS COME

AND TAKE A COUPLE OF

THE BIGGER THINGS.

[YELLING]

Annette:
BRUCE!

YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO HER!

OK, SAM, I THINK

I CAN HANDLE IT.

OK? GET OFF

THE PHONE ALREADY.

JUST TO TAKE A COUPLE

OF THE BIGGER PIECES,

LIKE THE ARMOIRE. UH...

THE ONE THAT'S FROM

BRUCE'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER.

CATHERINE, PLEASE.

[YELLING]

BRUCE!

YOU'RE MAKING IT WORSE.

SAM, I SAID SHUT UP

AND HANG UP.

I GOTTA GO.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES

I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHY I BOTHER.

YEAH, NEITHER DO I.

SAM, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT.

I'M SORRY.

Annette:
I'M SORRY.

CATHERINE.

LET'S GO.

LET'S GO.

SAM. SAM, WHERE

ARE YOU GOING?

SAM. SAM, WHERE

ARE YOU GOING?

COME AND SAY:

GOOD-BYE.

CAN I HAVE A HUG?

CAN I HAVE A HUG?

OK.

OK.

BYE.

DON'T BE OU TOO LATE.

CAN I SPEAK:

TO YOU?

CAN I SPEAK:

TO YOU?

ARE YOU DOING THIS

ON PURPOSE?

WHAT?

TURNING MY CHILDREN

AGAINST ME.

WHAT DID YOU:

EXPECT, BRUCE?

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM

IN 4 MONTHS.

SEE? THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THAT'S THE KIND OF THING

YOU'RE SAYING TO THEM, ISN'T IT?

YOU KNOW, ANNETTE....

YOU THINK YOU'RE NO DOING ANYTHING,

BUT YOU'RE MAKING THEM

COMPLETELY AWARE OF TIME.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL

WHAT I MEAN.

KIDS DON'T HAVE

ANY SENSE OF TIME.

IT'S ONLY ADULTS THAT GIVE THEM

ANY KIND OF CONCEPT OF IT.

SO YOU'RE PROPOSING...

THAT ALTHOUGH:

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN...

OR SPOKEN TO YOUR

CHILDREN IN 4 MONTHS...

THEY WOULDN' BE AWARE OF THA WERE IT NOT FOR ME

REMINDING THEM OF IT?

EXACTLY.

YOU'RE A F***ING IDIOT!

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT WAY

OF TWISTING THINGS AROUND

TO MAKE THEM SEEM

RIDICULOUS.

TO MAKE THEM SEEM

RIDICULOUS.

I WANT SAM TO COME TO MEXICO

WITH ME AND CATHERINE

TOMORROW.

NO.

SHE CAN SWIM,

SHE CAN PLAY.

THEY GOT A WHOLE KIDS'

PROGRAM DOWN THERE.

YOU SAID YOURSELF

THAT SHE WAS MAD

THAT SHE COULDN' GET TO GO AWAY.

WHY AREN'T YOU ASKING

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Rose Troche (born 1964 in Chicago) is an American film and television director, television producer, and screenwriter. more…

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