| Little Accidents | |
| Director: | Sara Colangelo |
| Producer: | Anne Carey Jason Michael Berman Tom Fore |
| Starring: | Elizabeth Banks Boyd Holbrook Chloë Sevigny Jacob Lofland Josh Lucas |
| Music: | Marcelo Zarvos |
| Cinematography: | Rachel Morrison |
| Editing: | Suzy Elmiger |
| Distributor: | Amplify |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Little Accidents is a 2014 American drama film directed and written by Sara Colangelo, based on her own 2010 award-winning short film of same name. The film stars Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook, Chloë Sevigny, Jacob Lofland, and Josh Lucas.[1] The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2014.[2] The film was released on January 16, 2015 in a limited release by Amplify.
When a boy goes missing in a small town already devastated by a fatal mining accident, three strangers find themselves drawn together in a tangle of secrets, lies, and the collective grief of the community. Reeling from the disappearance of her son, Diane finds herself drifting away from her husband Bill, a mining company executive whose role in the accident has made her family the prime target for the town’s anger. When she forms a dangerous bond with the sole survivor of the disaster Amos, truths that threaten to tear apart the few remaining threads holding the town together will be uncovered in this intense drama.
Production began in the summer of 2013 in West Virginia.[6] [7] Anne Carey, Jason Michael Berman, Summer Shelton and Thomas B. Fore signed on to produce the film. Executive producers include Mike Feuer, Todd Feuer and Kwesi from MindSmack Productions as well as Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Kwesi and Ruth Mutch.[8]
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2014.[9] The film went on to premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival, Sundance London Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Little Rock Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival, Denver International Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival.[10] Amplify later acquired distribution rights to the film with a planned January 2015 release.[11] The film was released on January 16, 2015, in a limited release and through video on demand.[12]
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of, with an average score of, based on reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Little Accidents has good intentions -- and a talented cast, led by Elizabeth Banks -- but it drowns them under dour melodrama."[13] Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]