Horrible Accident (2001) User Reviews

Powerful, shocking, Mitch Hara's performance is worth the ride!!!!

[sensualrealguy · 10/10 · 5 March 2002]

Amazing editing. Mitch Hara is a phenomenal actor. He's funny, tragic, bold, in-your-face and heart-wrenching. He's a unique blend. The movie is hard to watch, because of the subject matter, but a hear-stopping piece of art. i understand how people can be very disturbed by this film. it ultimately deals with child abuse. Not the act but the effect it has on the victims. It's horrifying, we see nothing, we just hear about the destruction and event and it's somehow worse and more uncomfortable. Hara's performance rips your heart out. Petty has never been better in her supporting role as his alter-ego... Don't want to give away too much. If you have a chance, see it.

Too Intense

[KMackey · 5/10 · 8 March 2001]

When we first meet Sonny (Mitch Hara), we see that he is on the edge. We watch as he takes a series of drugs, concluding with a drag on a cigarette. He uses a handgun to press the buttons on a phone to call his friend, Six (Lori Petty). Then starts talking to her with the gun in his mouth. He convinces her to come see him. When she arrives, they begin a playful argument about their games of make-believe that turns violent as Six leads Sonny to the truth of a horrible accident that Sonny has tried to avoid.

The quick cuts, flashbacks, and camera motion mirrors Sonny's franticness, which is very well portrayed by Mitch Hara. We feel that we are being spun around in a circle. However, the editing becomes distracting, and the order of some events gets lost. The last scene reveals a key fact that some may miss since the scene is so brief. While we learn the price some people pay when they don't deal with a tragic event, we have to go through an experience that is too intense.