
An original political satire about a naive small town waitress who accidentally gets a nail buried in her head, causing erratic and outrageous behavior that leads her to Washington DC. There she falls for a dashing, but clueless, Congressman who searches for the courage to save her.... (Full plot summary below)
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An original political satire about a naive small town waitress who accidentally gets a nail buried in her head, causing erratic and outrageous behavior that leads her to Washington DC. There she falls for a dashing, but clueless, Congressman who searches for the courage to save her.
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| The Film StageDan MeccaA bit more focused and this could be a something worth saving. Instead, it's a about as slipshod as its new title. |
| Consequence of SoundMichael RoffmanWhat should have been a smart political farce is instead a slapstick nightmare, record skip and all, whose laughs are too dependent on volume |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfA crude patch-job and an uninteresting one at that. |
| Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeRussell pulled off some outrageous moments in I Heart Huckabees, the feature he made before this film, but the evidence here suggests Nailed had issues even before the money ran out. |
| AV ClubA.A. DowdTo be fair to whoever refashioned Accidental Love from the abandoned scraps of Nailed, there’s little reason to believe that the ideal, untroubled version of the material would have been a comedic masterstroke. |
| Times (UK)Kate MuirAccidental Love fields a top-level cast in a low-level comedy that combines the peculiar subjects of a nail in the brain, and pork-barrel Washington politics. |
| The DissolveMike D'AngeloAccidental Love isn’t very good—and might never have been very good, judging from the general air of desperation—but much of it is identifiably Russell’s work, and its scattered best moments recall Huckabees’ inspired loopiness. |
| Bullz-Eye.comJack GirouxAccidental Love did not have a smooth production process, and it shows in the stitched-together final product. |
| We Got This CoveredJosh CabritaAccidental Love appears to have hints of David O. Russell's original social commentary, but the film wastes its potential on annoying slapstick set pieces. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabFor this kind of comedy to work, absolute precision and relentless speed are essential. Given the circumstances in which the was made, it is little surprise that neither are achieved. |