Little Accidents
Amplify | Release Date: January 16, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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IndieWireMary SollosiDec 8, 2014
Little Accidents takes its time, but Holbrook’s confident performance makes his story riveting throughout, reflecting both the gravity of his situation and the enormous consequences his choice will have on the entire town — certain individuals in particular. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniJan 16, 2015
Eloquent, moving, and deeply troubling, Little Accidents is a true contemporary tragedy. Read full review
75
Washington PostStephanie MerryJan 15, 2015
The acting across the board is top-notch, especially by Banks, who is probably best known for her comedic roles. She doesn’t get to flex any of those muscles here; Little Accidents is a serious movie, but, to its credit, it’s never entirely bleak. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineNick PriggeJan 9, 2015
A movingly authentic exploration of a working-class milieu and the psychological and economic trauma that ripples through a town in the wake of a tragic accident. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeDec 8, 2014
A sober drama that makes class central to the story without ever sounding like it has an agenda. Read full review
67
The PlaylistJessica KiangDec 8, 2014
As a director, Colangelo has a firm if cautious grasp on the material, but as a writer her grip is less sure. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJan 15, 2015
Colangelo shows a mature levelheadedness in depicting how close-knit communities fall and rise together. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid EhrlichJan 14, 2015
This is a bleak and bitter movie, but it knows the way forward, if not the quickest way to get there. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAaron HillisJan 13, 2015
All the secrets, lies, and consequences feel as authentic as the Appalachian milieu, but the film lacks the memorable idiosyncrasy of a River's Edge, or more fittingly, the myth-making lyricism of Matewan. Read full review
60
CineVueEd FranklDec 8, 2014
Little Accidents may be a little too sober, lacking the occasional spark that would make it more than just a film about moral decision points - but it's a likable small-town drama all the same. Read full review
60
VarietyScott FoundasDec 8, 2014
Features a standout central performance by newcomer Boyd Holbrook (“The Host”), but suffers from predictable plotting and shallow characterizations that keep the movie from ever transcending the obvious. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyJan 15, 2015
The look helps provide a little subtext, but not enough. For such an emotional piece, the dialogue stays too close to the surface. More problematic, the trio's encounters feel contrived; you can see the filmmaker's hand staging each one. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisJan 15, 2015
The net effect of the messy bedroom sheets, the marital squabbling and lachrymose, emotional bloodletting is to turn a tragedy into an atmospheric backdrop for three isolated souls, all of whom might have started out considerably less lonely if the movie had a firmer grasp on the world in which they live. Read full review
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The DissolveMike D'AngeloJan 15, 2015
Set and shot in a small coal-mining town in West Virginia, this earnest, 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. It’s as if The Sweet Hereafter had been infected by Babel. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith UhlichJan 15, 2015
There’s nothing here that Green or his own cinematic forebear, Terrence Malick, haven’t done better elsewhere. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedJan 14, 2015
The situations in Little Accidents cry out for more clarity than the script delivers, but the carefully observed performances are worth perusal, and the dark, industrialized joylessness of Rachel Morrison’s cinematography is a somber mirror to the sad dead-end life of Appalachia. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreJan 14, 2015
Colangelo’s film gives us a world that feels lived-in, with non-actors mixed in with the professionals, and convincingly so. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJan 16, 2015
Little Accidents is quietly earnest, handsomely produced, and too dramatically inert and dogged by the commonplace to make much of an impact beyond conveying the dreariness (as opposed to the dread) of life in a coal-mining town. Read full review
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