Little Accidents

Released Jan 16, 2015

1 hr. 45 min.

Drama

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A fatal mining accident sets off a chain reaction of misfortune involving the lone survivor (Boyd Holbrook), a mining executive's lonely wife, and a teenager with blood on his hands.

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Critics Consensus

Little Accidents has good intentions -- and a talented cast, led by Elizabeth Banks -- but it drowns them under dour melodrama.

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In a small mining town, an accident has killed several workers, leaving a lone survivor, Amos Jenkins (Boyd Holbrook). The townspeople are furious and blame the mines owner, the towns wealthiest resident, a cold, heartless man, who many suspect caused the accident with his shortcuts and cheap business practices. The town is out for blood, but only one of them, literally, as soon after the accident, the mine owners teenage son turns up dead. Little Accidents is yet another example of these dark modern noir type films, that have become so popular the past decade, and normally I am a huge fan of them. This film however, may have had the modern noir feeling, but actually had the old noir story line AKA slow, strange, and confusing. I chose this film because one of it's stars is Jacob Lofland, who at just 21 years old, has only been acting for 5 years, but he is a natural in every sense of the word. Every performance he has given has been better than the one before it. His talent has lead him to leading roles in the Maze Runner series, as well as the AMC show, The Son. Being as fond of his style as I am, I decide to go back and watch his filmography from the beginning, and that's where I found Little Accidents. While Lofland's part was minor, you are still able to see some of the skills that brought him to where he is today. Paired with Elizabeth Banks and Josh Lucas, this was one fantastic cast, featured in a terrific setting, and I was sure this film was a can't miss, but the story had other ideas. Little Accidents was all over the place, some of things that happened have nothing to do with the story, and make little sense. The Bottom Line, don't let a terrific cast fool you, this film is slow and all over the place. The mystery, isn't much of one and the story will leave you scratching your head.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Movie about a town that suffers a mining accident and how the impact effected everyone involved.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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This story set in a mining town in West Virginia centers around three characters and two interwoven tragedies. It features truly great performances by Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook and Jacob Lofland Sara Colangelo has directed her own script with intense human sensitivity. It's involves a mining accident, with one survivor (Boyd Holbrook), the mine boss's wife (Elizabeth Banks), and a high school age boy who lost his father in the accident and gets involved with something tragic and related, a reverberation of the mine accident. The boy is played by Jacob Lofland. I have seen him before in another great movie and another excellent performance (Mud). He is a very very fine young actor. This is a really good movie with quiet suspense, class difference elements that are well handled, and believable sensuality, I believe it also points to the need for more women in writing and directing positions, I mean if we care about the culture that we live in and acknowledge the power of motion pictures to inform and influence it, as I do. This is the kind of cinema that most appeals to me.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Great story and great ending. Tho I watched Elizabeth Banks a little too often

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Very slow and tortured. Small things can have a big impact on many people's lives. Actions have consequences.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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ahmed b

A strong start. A nice finish. But, a little lacking in the middle.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Sara Colangelo

Director

Elizabeth Banks

Diana

Boyd Holbrook

Amos

Chloë Sevigny

Kendra

Jacob Lofland

Owen

Josh Lucas

Bill

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Candice Frederick

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... the pacing of this Sara Colangelo-directed film is far too sluggish to maintain my attention.

Sep 1, 2017

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

As much as my conscience wanted to empathize with the characters, my taste only wanted to be rid of them.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 16, 2015

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Nothing feels forced in this movie, which is testament to Colangelo's skill as well as the cast's. You believe the coal dust on these people; you grieve for their secrets.

Rated: B

Jan 16, 2015

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

A very profound and thought-provoking character study, as well as a study of the human condition.

Dec 14, 2019

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

Little Accidents seems to be trying to achieve something like Winter's Bone without the meth.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 20, 2019

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Too convenient, and ultimately, not very provocative, Little Accidents feels like a dysthymic version of classical tragedy.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 18, 2019

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Synopsis

A fatal mining accident sets off a chain reaction of misfortune involving the lone survivor (Boyd Holbrook), a mining executive's lonely wife, and a teenager with blood on his hands.

Director: Sara Colangelo
Executive Producer: Chris Columbus, Ruth Mutch, Kwesi Collisson, Mike Feuer, Todd Feuer
Screenwriter: Sara Colangelo
Distributor: Amplify
Production Co: Soaring Flight Productions, Maiden Voyage Films, Tiderock Media, Archer Gray, Mindsmack Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 9, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.1K