Happy Accidents Movie Review 2000

Quirky sci-fi/romance offers a breath of fresh air by going against the grain of both genres. Ruby (Tomei) is a neurotic loser in romance who always tries to "fix" the men she dates. She meets Sam (D'Onofrio), who appears to be the well-adjusted guy she doesn't have to change. They fall for each other, and then Sam drops the other shoe. He claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2470, and he's come back to save her life by breaking the "causal chain of events" that will result in a fatal accident. Ruby then has to decide whether to believe him or write him off as another lunatic. D'Onofrio amusingly goes from seemingly normal to spouting surreal "history" without blinking. Light on the special effects (especially for sci-fi), but they're effective when they are used. Pic went through a time warp of its own, as it was shot in 1999, debuted at Sundance in 2000 and released in theatres in 2001.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

New York, New York, Sanity Check, Romantic Comedy

Screenplay

Brad Anderson

Cast

Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tovah Feldshuh, Nadia Dajani, Holland Taylor, Richard Portnow, Sean Gullette, Cara Buono, Liana Pai, Tamara Jenkins, Jose Zuniga

Cinematography

Terry Stacey

Director

Brad Anderson

Music

Evan Lurie

Other

Anthony Michael Hall, Noah Vivekanand Timan, Linda Cohen, Brad Anderson, Lucio Seixas, Victoria Farrell, Susan Black

Producer

Susan A. Stover, Independent Film Channel (IFC)