That “Nailed” Movie Finally Came Out

AT LONG LAST …

|| By FITSNEWS || Remember “Nailed?” If not, you’re forgiven … it’s been a long time.

We first started writing on the movie back in March of 2008 … shortly before its principal photography began shooting on the grounds of the S.C. State House.  Of course like everything that touches the S.C. State House, “Nailed” quickly came to ruin.

After numerous financial problems, cast quarrels and other issues, in July of 2010 director David O. Russell dropped out of the project – leaving its future in limbo.  In March 2011 an unfinished cut of “Nailed” was screened in Los Angeles … which was the last we’d heard of the film.

Until now …

“Nailed” – starring Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Catherine Keener, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan and James Brolin – was finally released this week.  Seriously … seven years after the project began, it’s finally been completed.

Of course it’s no longer referred to as “Nailed,” it’s been rechristened “Accidental Love” – but the plot is still the same.

Biel plays Alice Eckle, a waitress who gets shot in the head with a nail gun – causing bizarre mood swings and “hypersexual” behavior.  Frustrated that her injury wasn’t covered by health care, she goes to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress on behalf of the bizarrely-injured.  There she meets Howard Birdwell (Gyllenhaal’s character) – who of course takes full advantage of her, um, “condition.”

How’d the long-awaited (well, long-delayed) product turn out?  Here’s the trailer …

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Interesting …

Reviews of the movie have been less-than-flattering, but its basic premise still strikes us as funny.  And there’s certainly enough S.C. State House footage included in the trailer to convince a few Palmetto politicos to give it a watch.

Of course what’s especially interesting is how the movie’s plot – written by Kristin Gore, daughter of former U.S. vice president Al Gore – was pimping the efficacy of expanded health care right at the time Barack Obama was rolling out his socialized medicine monstrosity.

“Had the film opened back in 2008, the focus on healthcare reform might have seemed timely, even prescient; post-Obamacare, its specific take now just seems behind-the-times,” one reviewer wrote.

Translation?  This particular Hollywood effort to give Obamacare some cultural tailwind was about as successful as … well, Obamacare.

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