This is an extremely well-done little film. Every performance is flawless and mesmerizing. The screenplay is filled with simple, beautiful language. (I am a pro writer by trade.) I have seldom seen a film more moving than this, and it's really due to the tiny little physical moments scattered throughout, when no one is speaking. The director and actors created many of these little moments - usually expressing some tenderness between characters, or an individual's emotional agony; they are heart-stopping. I know I'll be haunted by this film for a long time.

I want to comment on the other reviews here which complained about the story or ending; this is a thinking film, and it doesn't have a big bang of an ending, but it has one that speaks of the transformation of people's inner lives in the wake of tragedy. I think a viewer has to be mature/have some living under her or his belt, in order to appreciate the story. It will go over a 15 year old's head.

I really liked this film. Kudos to the female director -- we need more of them.

This is one of those movies that will not appeal to everyone, witness the reviews. But the mark of a provocative work is sometimes the polarization it produces and that's OK. I'm not a critic, but watch many indie productions and sometimes they're really hard to get through. This was slow, but meaningfully so. To the impatient, distracted typical viewer, it lacks Hollywood boom. For the more discerning, there really is depth here.

Another reviewer mentioned that there were not enough "idiosyncrasies" portrayed in the mining community. As one connected geographically and ancestrally with that community, I can testify to the film’s authenticity, except for the lack of meth addiction and welfare, hinted at indirectly. And yes, Bible study groups are common.

Like much of Appalachia, it's superficially simply, but quite complex on a deeper level. These folk hold their secrets, and that was conveyed beautifully here. I've worked with them, and you have to learn to listen. Little Accidents is a work of listening.

The depiction of modern Appalachia seems dull, because it is dull. That’s why so many there are depressed. Nothing wrong with telling it like it is. Nature has been disturbed and the highlight of Saturday night is either the trip to Walmart or the bar. The rest of the country should know that. These people are survivors, of a type.

I found the ending to be sophisticated and thoughtful. The parallel symbolism of emerging from the mine to breathe at last was profound. Good films aren’t predictable and often leave things unresolved. No satisfaction in pandering to the good guy/bad guy scenario here.

Too bad some critics couldn’t see this.

Slow talking Amos Jenkins (Boyd Holbrook) was the sole survivor of a mining accident that killed 10 miners. He doesn't remember too much and we don't know if it is from the accident or at the urging of his scab father (James DeForest Parker). The community is divided over the incident. Middle manager Bill Doyle (Josh Lucas) is being set up as the fall guy. The rift is also seen in the children as young J.T. Doyle (Travis Tope) goes missing. Mrs Doyle (Elizabeth Banks) becomes overly involved with the community.

We don't know what caused the mine accident, nor do we fully find out. The film is about truth in a town of secrets. The families who were the victims are suing the coal company, while the union workers want to keep the mine operation and their jobs in spite of any safety issues. They claim to be a "dying breed". It is a drama that keeps you engaged as wonder what path this will follow. Good acting. I would think fans of Lifetime would enjoy this one too.

Guide: F-bomb. Implied sex. No nudity.

This is a wonderful acted feature. The plot is dramatic and drama inducing. The characters are vivid and each one grows on you. The gloomy and depressing setting, weaves itself into an intriguing, and believable reality that plays on the emotional side of the watcher.

This is a fabulous, and wonderfully acted, stunningly directed, with amazing cinematography, and a brilliant story. The only fault that I have with it is the trailer, the preview to the film. I first saw the preview, and I was like, why did they just give the whole movie away. Something that I can't stand that happens with studios, is they get these people to do these trailers, and they put too much, giving half the movie away, and that’s what the preview did to this film, and that is way a lot of the movie is already known.

Overlooking that reality the movie works in my viewpoint. It’s a well-crafted piece. It’s like a slice of Americana. The people and situation comes together into a setting that the watcher can understand, and be placed in the situation.

A teenage boy goes missing in a small little town. Now the town is in shambles already, because there has been a mining accident that killed many. There is weaving of secrets and lies, and most of all the devastating grief of the community, and loved ones of those lost in the mine. Now, Diane, your main female lead is heartbroken and destroyed at the reality of her teenage son is missing. To make matters worse, her husband is in charge of the mining company that just collapsed, killing many. Add in a lone survivor of the mining accident, and you have a twist and turning of the plot in a dramatic, intense and very intriguing film.

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