Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
'Accident' now seems a little self-conscious in its modernist, 'quality' art-cinema pretensions.
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
5 Jun 2009
fresh:
Losey and Pinter locate the pain that lurks deep within complacency, and the film positively throbs with it. It's an old idea, perhaps. But in their hands it hurts anew.
– Calum Marsh,
Village Voice,
20 May 2014
fresh:
Bring a date, because you'll need to talk this one through.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
20 May 2014
rotten:
The film's didactic indifference also makes it unclear whether Stephen ups the ante or gets his comeuppance in the end.