Happy Accidents

Back in 1999, prior to the Great Stock Decline and 9/11, both of which would soon occur, we entered the 2nd Millennium in a mild state of euphoria.  The stock market was at an all-time high, Bill Clinton was making us smile with his Monica Lewinsky capers, and the big question of the day was how would computers manage to function with the the BIG DATE change?  Not since the Roaring 20's did America seem so giddy.

Happy Accidents, made in 1999, reflects America at its frothiest best before the catastrophes of 2001.

Want a very light, and very funny, comedy?  With Marisa Tomei and Vincent D'Onofrio, you can't go wrong.  Remember Marisa in My Cousin Vinny?  She won a Best Supporting Actresss Oscar for that extraordinary role.

Here's the gist of the film, with no spoiler, as usual:  Sam Deed is from the future, and he has come back to the present to meet the pretty Ruby Weaver.   Sam is frank: he tells Ruby he is from the future.

Ruby, in therapy to quell her quirky neuroses about men, nearly flips when she hears such an outlandish story from a guy she sort of likes.  The humor, which is over-the-top funny, lies in her crazy reactions to his crazy tales.

So where will the romance go?  Will there be true love in the end?  What happens when she finally realizes he's telling the truth?  Will future-man and present-woman stay together?

And what about the psychiatrist?  Is she a player in this weird, offbeat movie?

Enjoy, dear readers.  This one is fun.