The Safety of Objects Page #6

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


FOR RAYANNE, BRUCE?

YOU KNOW SHE'S

GOT SCHOOL NOW.

SCHOOL YOU DON' WANT TO PAY FOR,

BUT YOU WANT TO USE

AS AN EXCUSE.

I MEAN...

CAN WE JUST STOP IT?

PLEASE?

CAN WE JUST STOP IT?

PLEASE?

ANNETTE, SHE DOESN' EVEN LIKE ME.

ANNETTE, SHE DOESN' EVEN LIKE ME.

YOU NEVER EVEN:

TRY, BRUCE.

YOU CAN'T HAVE SAM.

NO WAY.

WHY DON'T WE

LET HER DECIDE?

I'M SURE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING

SHE GETS TO DO A LOT OF

AROUND HERE.

GO AHEAD. GO ON.

ASK HER.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

Bruce:
HOLD ON A SEC.

Bruce:
HOLD ON A SEC.

SAM!

SH*T.

SAM!

WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?

MY OWN KID'S

RUNNING AWAY FROM ME

LIKE I'M A...

FRICKIN' MONSTER!

LIKE I'M A...

FRICKIN' MONSTER!

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

THAT'S ANNETTE!

THAT THERE...

THAT THERE...

SHE DELIBERATELY RAN.

Catherine:
I KNOW.

SHE'S CONFUSED.

Sally:
SAM!

Randy:

THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE, HUH?

I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN

TO SCARE YOU.

I WAS JUST LOOKING

FOR YOU, TOO, JOHNNY.

MY NAME IS NOT JOHNNY.

IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE.

IT'S LIKE...

"HEY, YOU," BUT NICER.

ARE YOU READY TO GO?

ARE YOU READY TO GO?

GO WHERE?

YOUR MOM TOLD ME

TO COME GET YOU.

WHY, DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?

IS THAT WHY HE WAS HERE?

I DON'T THINK SO.

SHE JUST SAID:

SOMETHING ABOUT...

NEEDING SOME TIME ALONE

OR SOMETHING.

WHAT ABOUT RAYANNE?

UH...

YEAH, I KNOW,

ALONE WITH RAYANNE.

YEAH, I KNOW,

ALONE WITH RAYANNE.

I SHOULD GO SEE:

WHAT'S WRONG.

YEAH...

BUT SHE ASKED ME

TO COME GET YOU,

SO...

SO...

TELL YOU WHAT.

I'M GONNA GO GE SOMETHING TO EAT.

YOU CAN COME WITH.

THAT WAY SHE:

GETS A BREAK.

SHE COULD PROBABLY

USE ONE, RIGHT?

SHE COULD PROBABLY

USE ONE, RIGHT?

COME ON.

COME ON.

COME ON.

COME ON.

SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

THIS CONTEST THA YOU'RE NOT EVEN IN

IS GIVING YOU:

A SENSE OF PURPOSE?

IS GIVING YOU:

A SENSE OF PURPOSE?

I KNOW I CAN HELP.

I KNOW I CAN HELP.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE

MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL

OUT OF THIS.

ALL I'VE BEEN DOING

AROUND HERE:

IS RUINING THINGS.

YOU SAID SO YOURSELF.

DON'T TURN THIS

AROUND ON ME, JIM.

THIS IS YOUR DECISION.

THIS IS YOUR DECISION.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

YOU'RE GONNA MAKE SURE

THAT THIS WOMAN WINS A CAR

AND THIS IS GONNA HELP YOU FEEL

USEFUL AND FULFILLED?

AND THIS IS GONNA HELP YOU FEEL

USEFUL AND FULFILLED?

WHY IS THAT SO HARD

TO UNDERSTAND?

WHY IS THAT SO HARD

TO UNDERSTAND?

GREAT.

YOU CAN TELL YOUR KIDS

WHY YOU'RE ABANDONING THEM.

I'M NO ABANDONING ANYONE.

SUE, COME ON.

DON'T.

DON'T.

HEY...

DID I TELL YOU WHA I GOT FOR YOU TODAY?

A DISHWASHER TO REPLACE

THE ONE YOU BROKE.

YEAH, BUT THIS ONE

IS TOP OF THE LINE.

IT SANITIZES THE DISHES

WHILE--WHILE...

WHILE IT DRIES THEM.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL,

RIGHT?

THAT'S PRETTY COOL,

RIGHT?

NO FLU SEASON A THE TRAIN'S THIS YEAR.

NO FLU SEASON A THE TRAIN'S THIS YEAR.

THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S GREAT.

I GOTTA HEAD OVER

TO THE STORE,

PICK UP A COUPLE THINGS.

YOU ALL SET?

YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED?

DON'T FORGE TO CALL MY MOM.

I WON'T FORGET.

WHAT DO YOU THINK,

I WANT TO GET STUCK

WITH YOU ALL NIGHT?

HMM? HERE.

ORDER SOME FOOD FOR YOUR MOM

AND YOUR SISTER.

I'LL BE BACK

IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

I'LL BE BACK

IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

[MAN LAUGHS BOISTEROUSLY]

[MAN LAUGHS BOISTEROUSLY]

SHE'S NOT HERE?

NO! WHERE--

WEREN'T THEY THERE?

NO. NO.

YOU SURE:

YOU SAW THEM LEAVE?

NO. I MEAN...

YEAH.

THEY WERE PULLING OU WHEN I GOT THERE.

THEY WERE PULLING OU WHEN I GOT THERE.

THEY CHANGED:

THEIR PLANS.

THEY LEFT TONIGHT.

I SWEAR TO GOD, HELEN,

HE HAD THIS PLANNED

FROM THE BEGINNING.

ANNETTE, I DON'T--

NO, I DON'T THINK

HE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.

RAYANNE, NOT NOW.

HONEY, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY, SWEETIE.

I'LL GO GET HER.

HE CALLED.

WHEN?

I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS WITH RAYANNE.

SALLY HEARD THE MESSAGE.

HERE.

YOUR MOM TOLD ME

SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE

COMING DOWN:

WITH SOMETHING.

COMING DOWN:

WITH SOMETHING.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID

SHE WASN'T HOME.

BEFORE, JOHNNY.

SHE TOLD ME BEFORE,

WHEN SHE ASKED ME

TO COME PICK YOU UP.

WHEN SHE ASKED ME

TO COME PICK YOU UP.

WELL, I'M NOT SICK.

I WAS JUST ACTING THAT WAY

BECAUSE OF MY DAD.

WELL, YOU MUST BE

A PRETTY GOOD ACTOR

BECAUSE SHE THOUGH YOU WERE SICK.

I'M SURE NOT GONNA

SECOND GUESS HER.

HERE.

HERE.

JUST TAKE 4 BIG GULPS.

JUST TAKE 4 BIG GULPS.

THERE YOU GO.

PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE.

THERE YOU GO.

PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE.

Bruce, on answering machine:

YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT, ANNETTE.

I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW...

YOU'VE ESCALATED THIS SITUATION

TO THE PLACE IT'S AT.

AND IF YOU LEAVE ME

WITH NO OTHER RECOURSE

BUT TO TAKE MY CHILDREN

OUT OF YOUR SICK LITTLE WORLD,

THEN SO BE IT.

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS

FROM HERE ON OU IS A DIRECT RESUL OF YOUR ACTIONS

AND NOT MINE.

[HANGS UP]

HELEN, THIS IS A MAN

I SHARED A HOME WITH,

I HAD KIDS WITH.

[SIGHS]

WHAT THE HELL:

HAPPENS TO LOVE?

WHAT THE HELL:

HAPPENS TO LOVE?

COME ON, JOHNNY,

PLEASE. NOT AGAIN.

COME ON, JOHNNY,

PLEASE. NOT AGAIN.

THERE...

THERE YOU GO, BUDDY.

THERE YOU GO. SH*T.

SH*T.

DON'T DO THIS TO ME.

NOBODY'S SUPPOSED

TO GET HURT HERE.

COME ON, BUDDY.

COME ON.

THERE YOU GO.

THERE YOU GO. HERE.

[VOMITING]

[VOMITING]

SEE THAT?

I TOLD YOU YOU WERE SICK.

I TOLD YOU YOU WERE SICK.

HERE, DRINK THIS.

IT'S EMERGEN-C.

IT'S A NATURAL STIMULANT.

I ALSO HAVE ENERGY BARS,

WHICH PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH...

ALL THE PROTEIN:

AND CARBOHYDRATES YOU NEED,

IN CASE YOU FEEL

A LITTLE HUNGRY.

AND HERE'S A LADY VITAPAK...

WHICH WILL PROVIDE ALL

THE SUPPLEMENTS YOU NEED

FOR AN ACTIVE DAY.

Esther, thinking:

HOW DID I GET HERE?

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY,

THINGS HAVE GOTTEN

OUT OF HAND.

I DON'T KNOW HOW.

I TRIED TO DO THINGS

RIGHT, BUT...

MAYBE THAT'S

THE PROBLEM.

MAYBE THERE IS NO

RIGHT OR WRONG.

WE'RE RULED BY CHAOS.

THAT WOULD MAKE:

MORE SENSE.

THAT THERE ARE NO REWARDS,

NO PUNISHMENTS.

LIFE ISN'T A SERIES

OF RESULTS:

OF THINGS DONE:

RIGHT OR WRONG.

IT'S ALL JUST RANDOM.

THOSE ARE THE RULES.

THERE ARE NO RULES.

OF COURSE:

THERE'S RULES.

IF THERE WEREN'T,

NONE OF US:

COULD WIN.

WHO'D PLAY IF

THEY COULDN'T WIN?

HELLO?

LOOK WHERE YOU'RE A RIGHT NOW.

LOOK WHERE YOU'RE A RIGHT NOW.

ESTHER...

ARE YOU GONNA PLAY?

ARE YOU GONNA PLAY?

I SPY...

WITH MY LITTLE EYE...

[THINKING]

A LIE.

[THINKING]

A LIE.

HOW'S THAT SHIRT FIT? OK?

YES.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD.

YOU PUKED ALL OVER YOURS,

AND I FIGURED:

YOU WOULDN'T...

WANT TO SLEEP IN IT.

WANT TO SLEEP IN IT.

I'LL MAKE YOU

A BIG BREAKFAST.

I'LL MAKE YOU

A BIG BREAKFAST.

Woman:
YOU KNOW

WHAT WE NEED?

WE NEED ONE OF THOSE

MASSAGE GUYS:

TO GIVE US MASSAGES

ON OUR NECKS.

OR SOMEONE TO SHAMPOO

OUR HAIR.

OR SOMEONE TO SHAMPOO

OUR HAIR.

DON'T YOU PEOPLE PROVIDE

EXTENSION CORDS?

NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

NOT THAT YOU KNOW OF.

NOT THAT YOU KNOW OF.

Jim:

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

THEY CAN'T EVEN GET ME

AN EXTENSION CORD.

JIM, I'M FINE.

YOU ARE NOW,

BUT BELIEVE ME,

THIS IS GONNA HELP,

BECAUSE WHEN YOUR BACK

SEIZES UP, IT'S ALL OVER.

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