Happy Accidents
TV ClubHouse: archive: Movies Sept 2002 - April 2003:
Happy Accidents
Skypilot | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 07:18 am     This is a really great movie that unfortunately, at least here in Philadelphia, got lost in the madness of Sept. 11. It came out that weekend. I saw it with a friend that I'd lost contact with. We sort of reconnected after Sept.11 and we decided to see this movie because it seemed to be the least depressing one out there at the time. We weren't expecting much, just a little diversion. We were both blown away. It is the story of a woman named Ruby Weaver (Marisa Tomei) who has a history of getting involved with really screwed up guys. She meets a man named Sam Deed (Vincent D'Onofrio) and they hit it off immediately. He moves in with her and she starts to notice odd things about him such as his strange headaches and dizzy spells and that he doesn't know the proper names for some ordinary, everyday things. He also has a fear of dogs even very small ones and claims to be from Dubuque which he says is on "the coast". Anyway, the upshot is that Sam eventually works up the nerve to tell Ruby that he is a time traveller from the future. Four hundred and seventy years in the future. His headaches and dizzy spells are a side effect of the time travel, he doesn't know the names for certain things because they no longer exist in his future world--dogs for example. And because of global warming and rising sea levels, Dubuque is indeed now on "the coast". Ruby naturally assumes that she has met another maniac but is so into this guy that she follows the advice of one of her girlfriends who suggests that Ruby simply incorporate Sam's time traveler story into their romance-sort of like a role playing thing. Ruby tries this with mixed results. Just when she thinks that she has found a way to deal with what she sees as one of Sam endearing quirks his time traveler story takes another turn that leaves Ruby wondering if he's telling the truth of if he's more nuts than she can deal with. This movie is a wonderful combination of romantic comedy and science fiction. There are no special effects to speak of;just a wonderfully funny,captivating and even suspenseful story with great acting by everyone involved. For some reason it has taken this movie a long time to come out on video and DVD but I recently found out that it is due out some time next month--the 17th I think. Check it out. |
Mak1 | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 09:54 am     Sounds good, Sky, my kind of movie, and I like Marisa Tomei. Thanks for the review! |
Jed245 | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 10:53 am     my mommie told me er wait sorry I got the wrong idea about this thread. |
Ketchuplover | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 01:06 pm     |
Webkitty | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 01:10 pm     This sounds right up my alley, thanks for the heads up, Sky. |
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