Accidents Happen is a wickedly funny and surprisingly moving fable of family fate and misfortune in American suburbia. The manicured lawns of 1980's New England imply an order that simply doesn't exist for the Conway family headed by razor-tongued Gloria. Youngest son Billy has been a witness to a series of tragic accidents including one that fractured his whole family. Always the good boy Billy takes up with the neighbourhood troublemakers in acts of delicious delinquency in a world already spinning out of control. The ensuing collision of guilt truth and self discovery... may be just what his family needs to move on. [show more]
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Geena Davis and Harrison Gilbertson star in this coming-of-age comedy drama. 15-old Billy (Gilbertson) has been the one thing holding the Conway family - bitter, sewer-mouthed mum Gloria (Davis), emotionally-distant dad Ray (Joel Tobeck) and binge-drinking older brother Larry (Harry Cook) - together, since a tragedy caused the family unit to fracture years before. But when Billy starts to cause trouble, things finally come to a head as the family is forced to face up to some harsh home truths.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. A dysfunctional New England family relies on the son prone to witnessing horrible accidents to get them though the hard times in this wry period comedy drama set in the 1980s. Billy Conway never set out to see the gruesome side of life, he just always happened to be around when it presented itself. One day, a terrible accident befalls the Conways, leaving one child dead and another severely brain-damaged. In the aftermath, Billy's dad leaves home. Caught between his troubled brother and his embittered mother, young Billy begins to stray from his good-son roots by hanging out with the neighbourhood troublemaker. Who would have suspected that Billy's bad behaviour could be the key to helping his family move on from the past and start life anew?
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