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Happy Accidents, 2000

Starring: Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio

Directed by: Brad Anderson

Written by: Brad Anderson

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 110 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.3

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The mood of Happy Accidents is offbeat, sentimental, and bittersweet. The plot centers around time travel, misfits, and falling in love. It is an independent, romance, and comedy movie. Stylistically, Happy Accidents is talky. The pacing is slow. The setting is New York. Happy Accidents happens in contemporary times. It is especially suggested for a date night.

Summary of Happy Accidents

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), a quirky hospice nurse, she thinks he's another freaky weirdo like all the other guys she's dated. But as she gets to know him better, his funny little mannerisms start to grow on her. So they move in together and romantic bliss ensues. Gradually, Ruby finds a couple of mysterious clues hidden in their apartment that reveal Sam might not be who he claims to be. When Ruby confronts him, he tells her he traveled back from the future to meet her because he fell in love with a photograph he found of her in a curio shop. Ruby thinks his story is some kind of kinky fantasy that he's using to spice up their sex life, but when strange coincidences begin to make his story seem true, she wonders. If Sam is telling the truth, he may change her life forever, but if he's lying, then what? Anthony Michael Hall makes a hilarious cameo appearance in one of the funniest scenes in the movie.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	25 January 2000
Runtime:	110 min

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Marisa Tomei

as Ruby Weaver

Vincent D'Onofrio

as Sam Deed

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Vincent D'Onofrio and Marisa Tomei in Happy Accidents (2000)

Vincent D'Onofrio as Sam Deed in Happy Accidents (2000)

Vincent D'Onofrio and Marisa Tomei in Happy Accidents (2000)

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TV Guide

This sweet, lovingly passionate story is nonetheless a charmer. Anderson's technique -- jaggy, product-testimonial close-ups; eerie still-image insertions -- is arresting, but this is an actors' showcase. Full Review

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by: Frank Lovece

Variety

A lighthearted yarn designed to stand out by virtue of its intricate structure and trippy time-travel element. But the fanciful material wears thin pretty quickly, the air leaking out of the balloon long before party's over. Full Review

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by: Todd McCarthy

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Great acting, but the plot seems familiar. I can't help but feeling the story could have been written better. Read and rate it

25.November.2009
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by: Directsun
Directsun rated this movie0/10

I wanted to like this movie, but I did not. This is really a one-star movie elevated to two stars because I liked something about Vincent D'Onofrio's character. For me, the part that doesn't work is Marisa Tomei's character. I just don't believe... Read and rate it

11.June.2009
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by: jostrem
jostrem rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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