A film about a disparate group of characters seemingly only connected by their proximity to each other. Jim, a man superfluous to his wife and children; Helen, finding her domestic idyll tedious; Annette, in the middle of an ugly divorce and Randy, an outwardly amiable young man brooding over some less than sunny issues. With superlative and heartfelt performances, Safety of Objects is an acutely observed suburban drama in the finest tradition of ‘people watching'.