Happy Accidents - Movie Review

Ruby Weaver prefers boyfriends she can fix. Naturally, she foolishly gets repeatedly involved with the greatest losers. Her latest loser, Sam Deed, however, believes they are destined to be together because he is an illegal time traveler from the year 2470 and he saw her face in a picture. The more Sam reveals about himself the more his story develops holes and his quirky act may be more symptomatic or plain lies than sweetly innocent.


Marisa Tomei won me over again. She does that, but she’s not for everyone. Although, it is sonic porn to my ears when she yells, “motherfucker.” The schizo-specialist and all around excellent actor Vincent D’Onofrio taking a romantic turn yet again frolicking in the role of the mentally unbalanced. He’s a squeaky teddy bear in this one.

All of that comes from the mind and effort of Brad Anderson, the same one responsible for sweet ditties, like Session 9, The Machinist, and the shwiggity shweet Transsiberian. Much like those movies had flaws, so does Happy Accidents – mostly pacing, some hokey dialogue, but also like those others the flaws didn’t hurt the movie enough to make me walk away completely. Happy Accidents is a neat, geeky chick flick with intriguing, relatable characters.