Strange Title, Strange Movie -- What Is It?
Question: I think I've exhausted all my resources trying to come up with the name of a movie I saw part of last year on Encore. It was pretty recent - I'd say the past three years or so - and in the part I saw, a boy is in bed and his mother comes in to check on him. I remember reading the movie description, the gist of which was something like "crazy family, especially mom, tries to keep son paralyzed son bedridden." I know this sounds bizarre and terrible, but it was a comedy. I thought it had a strange name like
Running with Scissors or
Strangers with Candy, but I know it's neither. Can you help? - Jill
FlickChick: I believe I can. I think you saw part of
The Safety of Objects (2003), adapted from a short story collection of the same title by A.M. Homes and directed by
Rose Troche (
Go Fish). Troche wove ten stand-alone stories together into a single tangled narrative involving four troubled suburban families. In one story thread, a mother (
Glenn Close) is caring for her comatose son (
Joshua Jackson) at home; I suspect that's where you came in. The excellent cast includes Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Clarkson, Moira Kelly and Mary Kay Place.
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