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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe 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.
- 42The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezAccidental Love is mostly a mess, a curiosity for fans, and a mangled misfire you'd understand anyone hoping to omit from their CV.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe 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.
- 30VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasThe disparate tones never gel, and the movie has an airless, stop-and-go feel, as if a studio-audience laugh track were intended but never inserted.
- 25RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaRogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaGiven Russell’s involvement and a fairly solid cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal and Catherine Keener, just how awful could it be? Really awful. Unwatchably awful. As in, “Give it the Razzie now and be done with it” awful.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThe movie is played fast but lacks wit. The script, written by Kristin Gore — daughter of Al, and author of the book on which it’s based — mistakes frantic for funny.
- 20New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriIt’s something of a catastrophe.
- 0Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenSo flimsily constructed, visually and narratively, that it resembles a middle-school play that's been hastily filmed on an antique camcorder.
- 0Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyThe race for the worst film of 2015 is officially on.