1. Cast

2. Production

3. Release

4. Reception

5. References

6. External links

Accidental Love is a 2015 American romantic comedy film directed by David O. Russell (under a pseudonym) and written by Russell, Kristin Gore, Dave Jeser, and Matt Silverstein, from Gore's novel Sammy's Hill. The film stars Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Catherine Keener, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan and James Brolin.

The story is about Alice, a small-town waitress who is accidentally shot in the head by a nail gun. Her lack of health insurance renders her unable to have the nail removed, leading to mood swings and hypersexual behavior as a result of brain damage. Alice then heads to Washington, DC to campaign for those with bizarre injuries, with the support of an unprincipled Congressman.

Production started in 2008 under the title Nailed, but filming was frequently halted due to financial difficulties, leading to Russell quitting the project in 2010. The film was completed without his involvement and Russell has since disowned it, the finished product credited to "Stephen Greene". The film was released online on February 10, 2015, before a limited release on March 20, 2015 by Millennium Entertainment.^[2] Accidental Love was panned by critics.

Cast

• Jessica Biel as Alice Eckle
• Jake Gyllenhaal as Rep. Howard Birdwell
• Catherine Keener as Rep. Pam Hendrickson
• James Marsden as Scott
• Tracy Morgan as Keyshawn
• James Brolin as Speaker Buck McCoy
• Paul Reubens as Edwin
• Kirstie Alley as Aunt Rita
• David Ramsey as Rep. Harshtone
• Kurt Fuller as Reverend Norm
• Malinda Williams as Rakeesha
• Beverly D'Angelo as Helen Eckle
• Steve Boles as Bob Eckle
• Jenny Gulley as Brenda
• Bill Hader as Doctor Turnstall

Production

In early 2010, the film's financier, Ronald Tutor, who controlled the film's rights along with Bergstein, paid millions of dollars to get several films, including Nailed, out of a foreclosure action. Bergstein hired an editor to assemble a cut of the film that was shown to Russell when he was asked to return and film reshoots. Russell and Tutor were unable to strike a deal and Russell permanently left the production in July. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Russell's primary grievance was Wick and Fisher being pushed to accept 50% pay cuts. The producers, who also left the film, called the requested concessions "unfair, unprofessional and detrimental to the movie."^[3] Russell said of quitting the film: "This has been a painful process for me. The multiple production delays and stoppages, which were caused by David Bergstein and preceded Ron Tutor's direct involvement with me, have now spanned two years, and the circumstances under which the film would now be completed are much different on several fundamental levels than when we embarked several years ago. I, unfortunately, am no longer involved in the project and cannot call it 'my' film. I wish Ron Tutor well."^[3] Contractual agreements required Biel and Tracy Morgan to film reshoots, which did not involve Russell.^[3]

Capitol Productions went bankrupt in 2010 and the property was purchased in 2014 by independent distributor Millennium Entertainment for an undisclosed sum. Retitled Accidental Love, a cut was assembled under producer Kia Jam, a former executive with Capitol, who said, "People are expecting to see a broken film, and it's not. We tried very much to be respectful of the creative forces behind it."^[4] With the film set to be released, Russell negotiated with the Directors Guild of America to remove his name from the film; he is credited for his roles as director and co-writer as "Stephen Greene,"^[4] an alternative to the former official pseudonym, Alan Smithee, used by directors wishing to disown a film.

Release

In March 2011, an unfinished cut of the film was screened in Los Angeles.^[8] The film was released on VOD on February 10, 2015.^[9] The film was released in a limited release on March 20, 2015 bringing in a low gross of $4,500.^[2] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on April 28, 2015.^[10]

Following a home video release by Mongrel Media in Canada, A.A. Dowd, film critic with The A.V. Club, accused the company of quoting his review out of context, making a negative film review look like a positive one.^[11] In response to the accusation, Mongrel Media issued an apology and claimed they would remove the quote from further prints of the DVD.^[12]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 9% based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 3.3/10.^[13] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a score of 20 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[14]

References

External links

• {{IMDb title|1137470}}
• {{rottentomatoes|accidental_love}}
• {{metacritic film|accidental-love}}

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