Happy Accidents2001
Happy Accidents (2001)
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Critic Consensus: Happy Accidents has enough quirkiness and charm to rise above the more formulaic entries in the romantic comedy genre.
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Cast
as Sam
as Ruby
as Gretchen
as Therapist
as Lillian
as Mark
as Victor
as Jose
as Sunil
as Bette
as Claire
as Robin
as Trip
as Nurse
as Floor Supervisor
as Ned
as Pharmacist
as Famous Actor
as Reveler No. 1
as Reveler No. 2
as Tab
as Pedestrian
as Korean Girl
as Sunil's Young Daughter
as Frenchman
as Junkie
as Fetishist
as Artist
Critic Reviews for Happy Accidents
All Critics (61) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (17)
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.
The story isn't perfectly proportioned ... but it gets quirkier at the points where most romantic comedies go limp.
For a high-flown fantasy, it's surprisingly down-to-Earth.
The actors have enough appeal to keep it moving over the speed bumps.
The charm of Happy Accidents is that, like Ruby, we half-believe Sam Deed.
The low-budget Happy Accidents may be just the tonic for those in the mood for something quirky and low-key.
Audience Reviews for Happy Accidents
This was recently on Entertainment Weekly's 50 Best Movies You've Never Seen list, and it certainly is awesome despite its kooky concept of whether Ruby's new lover is a potentially dangerous paranoid-delusional or if he's actually a time traveler from 2470. What I really enjoyed is that I couldn't figure it out either. Sam's backstory and mission are convincingly explained away by some futuristic developments, but everything the shrink says about temporal lobe epilepsy seems valid as well. Vincent D'Onofrio is just sweet enough and just lazy-faced-crazy enough to lend a slight disturbance to this otherwise light romance.
Super Reviewer
This was a pretty good movie. Solid performances from the cast and the hint of mystery make the movie intriguing to watch, if anything else. It's not mind-blowing by any means and it lacks something, and I'm not sure what it would've been, that might have made the movie better. But, again, it's a solid movie. Nothing more, nothing less.
Super Reviewer
It Like like K-PAX, but with Tomei and D'Onofrio relationship as the centerpiece. Quirky and Romantic, it really doesn't reach mind bending for me. The tension of the story is held squarely "Is D'Onofrio" sane or a time traveler. There is a quirky chemestry that works, D'Onofrio is smitten with Tormei and Tormei is in love with his dedication to her (after a life full of failed romances).
Super Reviewer
Happy Accidents Quotes
| Sam Deed: | It's like my whole life has been a journey to make it into your arms. |