How does happy accidents end

Whether he is really from , I will not say. It's about the collision of these two personalities, and the catalyst of love. Brad Anderson , the writer-director, chose wisely in casting Tomei and D'Onofrio, because they can both look normal one moment and then have a strange light in their eyes a second later.

Watch the way Tomei screws up her mouth in unhappiness at an art gallery opening. See how D'Onofrio seems absolutely, convincingly, bottom-line credible--and then pushes just a smidgen further. The actors make it fun to watch. And Anderson is good with the supporting roles, including Tovah Feldshuh as Ruby's mother, Lillian, who advises her to seize the moment Lillian's husband was an alcoholic, and she learned too late that she liked him better when he was drinking.

There is also a cameo for Anthony Michael Hall that is the best thing in its line since Marshall McLuhan stepped out from behind a movie poster in " Annie Hall. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

Rated R For Language. MPAA Rating. My Rating. Ruby tries to "fix" her guys, so she finds herself with a series of losers. She meets Sam at a park, who's from Dubuque and speaks several languages. Nick Allen August 25, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing on Netflix.

Now playing. Golden Voices Nell Minow. The documentary has a limited stable of talking heads — more on that in a second — and their insights end up being minimal. A colleague says that he could be a little ornery at times, and one or two people speak about his love of fast cars, but neither fact is even slightly consequential. I know. It all relates to the Kowalskis and to the timeless clash between a figure interested primarily in art and associates interested primarily in commerce.

The director is stymied because the hero of his documentary is deceased and the villains are apparently elusive and litigious.