Accidental Love

Forget the title. "Accidental Release" is more like it.

In the beginning there was David O Russell's Nailed, a political comedy which began filming in 2008 and, after a disastrous string of financing problems, seemingly died two years later. Deciding to cut his losses, a frustrated Russell abandoned the project in 2010 and moved onto Oscar glory with The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle.Read more: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/accidental-love/35798/accidental-love-review#ixzz4GlAxqw9Q

It's something of a catastrophe.

A small town waitress (Jessica Biel) gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC, where sparks fly when she meets a clueless young senator (Jake Gyllenhaal) who takes up her cause - but what happens when love interferes with what you stand for?

Review: Stephen Greene's 'Accidental Love' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Jessica Biel Doesn't Nail Its Mark

A toothless mockery of self-serving politicos that can hardly compete with the real-life partisan shenanigans that go on regularly on Capitol Hill.

Russell fans owe it to themselves to see this disowned disaster, painful as that act of completism will be.

A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC, where sparks fly when she meets a clueless young senator who takes up her cause - but what happens when love interferes with what you stand for?

Watch the trailer for the troubled production previously called "Nailed"

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Accidental Love is a 2015 American comedy film directed by David O. Russell (under a pseudonym) and written by Russell, Kristin Gore, Dave Jeser, and Matt Silverstein, from Gore's novel Sammy's Hill. The film stars Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Catherine Keener, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan and James Brolin.

Directed by David O. Russell. With Jessica Biel, Raymond L. Brown Jr., Jenny Gulley, Beverly D'Angelo. A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, D.C., where sparks fly when she meets a clueless young senator who takes up her cause - but what happens when love interferes with what you stand for?