Little Accidents

2014

105 mins

Directed by Sara Colangelo
54%
29%
Drama

Feature debut from writer-director Sara Colangelo (expanded from her award-winning short film of the same name) sees the citizens of a... More

Feature debut from writer-director Sara Colangelo (expanded from her award-winning short film of the same name) sees the citizens of a small West Virginian town sift through emotional wreckage in the aftermath of a terrible coal mining disaster. Stars Elizabeth Banks, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny and Mud's Jacob Lofland.

"Amos (Boyd Holbrook) is lucky to be alive, but he feels more cursed than blessed as the sole survivor of a devastating accident that took the lives of 10 of his fellow miners... Meanwhile, Amos' middle-class boss, Bill (Lucas), fears he will become an easy scapegoat for the mine's lax safety protocols. The anguish for Bill and his wife, Diana (Banks), increase exponentially when their teenage son goes missing without a trace. His schoolmate, Owen (Lofland), knows what happened to the missing teen, but also holds his tongue for fear of the consequences. The secrets and betrayals start to pile up, leading to a dramatic conclusion as these intertwined characters are forced to wrestle with the truth." (Seattle International Film Festival)

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Little Accidents | Ratings & Reviews

54_%39 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
29_%3,561 reviews
Audience score rating

"A sensitive and well-meaning but rather ordinary melodrama."

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Variety

"Owen tries with lurching uncertainty to ease back into normal, even as the writer and director Sara Colangelo clutters his path with enough obstacles to challenge the most heroically determined traveler."

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The New York Times

"This well-intentioned melodrama creates a number of potentially compelling figures, only to shove them into contrived corners that undermine the film's sense of authenticity."

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The Dissolve

"Sara Colangelo's sombre drama is a promising first feature."

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Screen Daily

"To her credit, the writer-director tries for complexity. Now if she can just get the storytelling to match the quality of the filmmaking, I suspect there will be fewer little accidents."

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Los Angeles Times

"A small-town tragedy leads to moral crises on all sides in Sara Colangelo's Little Accidents, a sober drama that makes class central to the story without ever sounding like it has an agenda."

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