Alex House

Glenn Close and Dermot Mulroney lead an ensemble cast in this drama based on the novel by A.M. Homes about four suburban families shaken up by various crises.

In The Safety of Objects, directed by Rose Troche, four suburban families struggle to connect, and reconnect with one another and with themselves. Esther Gold (Glenn Close) spends her life nursing her comatose son (Joshua Jackson), and through her single-minded devotion alienates the rest of her family. Jim Train (Dermot Mulroney) attempts to reconnect with the family that he fears no longer needs him. Helen Christianson (Mary Kay Place) tries to seduce her husband with an ever-increasing volume of beauty products that he detests, while Annette Jennings (Patricia Clarkson), newly divorced single mother, struggles to raise her children and reconcile herself to the husband who has left her with more than financial insecurity. Over the course of four days, these families help to remind one another that it is the people they know and love --not the objects they own--who provide the only possibility of surviving whatever life may throw at them. In this indie drama from IFC Films, the secret isn?t holding on to what you?ve got--it?s letting go of what you?ve lost.

In The Safety of Objects, directed by Rose Troche, four suburban families struggle to connect, and reconnect with one another and with themselves. Esther Gold (Glenn Close) spends her life nursing her comatose son (Joshua Jackson), and through her single-minded devotion alienates the rest of her family. Jim Train (Dermot Mulroney) attempts to reconnect with the family that he fears no longer needs him. Helen Christianson (Mary Kay Place) tries to seduce her husband with an ever-increasing volume of beauty products that he detests, while Annette Jennings (Patricia Clarkson), newly divorced single mother, struggles to raise her children and reconcile herself to the husband who has left her with more than financial insecurity. Over the course of four days, these families help to remind one another that it is the people they know and love --not the objects they own--who provide the only possibility of surviving whatever life may throw at them. In this indie drama from IFC Films, the secret isn?t holding on to what you?ve got--it?s letting go of what you?ve lost.