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The Accidental Getaway Driver is a 2023 American drama film directed by Sing J. Lee, his feature directorial debut and co-written by Lee with Christopher Chen. It is inspired by the 2016 abduction of Long Ma, a Vietnamese American taxi driver in Orange County, by three prison escapees. It stars Hiep Tran Nghia, Phi Vu, Dali Benssalah and Dustin Nguyen.
It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2023.
Cast
Hiep Tran Nghia as Long Ma
Dustin Nguyen as Tay Duong
Dali Benssalah as Aden
Phi Vu as Eddie Ly
Gabrielle Chan as Lan Ma
Vivien Ngô as Alice
Cathy Vu as Hanh
Tiffany Rothman as Linda
Sharon Sharth as Concierge
Travon McCall as News Anchor
Edward Singletary as Motivational Speaker
Production
Production took place in 2022 in Little Saigon and Westminster, California.
Release
It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2023, where Lee received the Directing Award in U.S. Dramatic for the film.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 85% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 67 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
References
External links
The Accidental Getaway Driver at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Festival Film Sundance 2023
- The Accidental Getaway Driver
- Dustin Nguyen
- Paul Kix
- Dali Benssalah
- 2023 Sundance Film Festival
- Directing Award Dramatic
- Kimberly Steward
- List of Sundance Film Festival award winners
- Hawaii International Film Festival
- The Getaway (Dexter)
