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Happy Accidents (2001)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:43
Rotten:17
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Happy Accidents has enough quirkiness and charm to rise above the more formulaic entries in the romantic comedy genre.
Theatrical Release:Aug 24, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: Marisa Tomei stars as Ruby, a compulsive co-dependent in search of true love in this idiosyncratic romantic comedy by Brad Anderson (NEXT STOP WONDERLAND). When Ruby meets Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio),... [More]
Starring: Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio, Nadia Dajani, Holland Taylor
Director: Brad Anderson
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Reviews for Happy Accidents
It's totally goofy and sensibly warm in the same instant.
08/24/01
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12/08/02
Vincent D’Onofrio . . . makes the stranger-in-a-strange-land thing irresistible.
06/15/03
A cleverly resourceful mixture of romantic comedy and sci-fi time travel.
08/31/01
Top CriticA touching love story.
06/07/01
A quirky, clever surprise.
08/23/01
The actors have enough appeal to keep it moving over the speed bumps.
09/28/01
Top CriticA boxed-in [but] entertaining diversion... a small-scale surrealist love story anchored by two fully committed, highly watchable actors.
09/03/02
Once again, director Brad Anderson (of SESSION 9 and NEXT STOP WONDERLAND) has earned the title "maker of chick-flicks that guys can tolerate
05/12/03
Anderson constructs a story where past and future converge to redefine present-tense romantic anxiety. And in so doing he offers a redefinition of love.
09/13/01
Top CriticGimmick aside, Happy Accidents is driven by sharply acted characters.
10/11/01
Happy Accidents looks drab and doesn't take very good advantage of its New York locations, but the neurotic intensity and emotional honesty of its two leads more than make up for it.
12/16/02
Happy Accidents is out on a limb, almost airborne, and it feels good to go out there with it.
09/21/01
The leads smooth over the plot holes endemic to all 4D fables, making the movie more than mere déjà vu.
08/21/01
The story isn't perfectly proportioned ... but it gets quirkier at the points where most romantic comedies go limp.
10/19/01
Top CriticThe jokes work and so does the romance. It's really lots of fun.
08/23/01
This sweet, lovingly passionate story is nonetheless a charmer.
08/24/01
Uses the far-out theme of time travel to develop the quirky romance between perennial losers in love.
08/23/01
The low-budget Happy Accidents may be just the tonic for those in the mood for something quirky and low-key.
09/27/01
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