The Accidental Getaway Driver

The Accidental Getaway Driver
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sing J. Lee
Screenplay by	Sing J. Lee Christopher Chen
Based on	"The Accidental Get Away Driver" by Paul Kix[1]
Produced by	Kimberly Steward Basil Iwanyk Barbara Broccoli Jennifer J. Pritzker Luisa Law Andy Sorgie Brendon Boyea Joseph Hiếu
Starring	Hiep Tran Nghia Dustin Nguyen Phi Vu Dali Benssalah Gabrielle Chan
Cinematography	Michael Cambio Fernandez
Edited by	Yang-Hua Hu
Music by	Jon Ong
Production companies	K Period Media Thunder Road Films
Distributed by	Utopia
Release dates	January 23, 2023 (2023-01-23) (Sundance) February 28, 2025 (2025-02-28) (United States)
Running time	102 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Languages	English Vietnamese
Box office	$63,831[3][4]

The Accidental Getaway Driver is a 2023 American crime 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, and was released on February 28, 2025, by Utopia.

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.^[5][6]

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.^[7] It was released on February 28, 2025, by Utopia.^[8]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 85% of 34 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.1/10.^[9] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[10]

References

1. "The Accidental Get Away Driver". GQ. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
2. Rapold, Nicolas (February 27, 2025). "'The Accidental Getaway Driver' Review: Hostage to the Past". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
3. "The Accidental Getaway Driver – Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
4. "The Accidental Getaway Driver". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
5. Sewordor, Emefa; Sjoquist, David L. (June 2016). "Lights, Camera, Action: The Adoption of State Film Tax Credits". Public Budgeting & Finance. 36 (2): 5–25. doi:10.1111/pbaf.12090. ISSN 0275-1100. S2CID 156311603.
6. Sun, Rebecca (January 21, 2023). "Sundance: How the Multicultural Team Behind 'The Accidental Getaway Driver' Sought to Make a Culturally Sensitive Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
7. "Accidental Getaway Driver Brings Tears and Asian Pride to Sundance". The Hollywood Reporter . January 25, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
8. Bergeson, Samantha (February 3, 2025). "'The Accidental Getaway Driver' Trailer: An Elderly Vietnamese Cab Driver Is Taken Hostage". IndieWire. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
9. "The Accidental Getaway Driver". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
10. "The Accidental Getaway Driver". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved April 15, 2025.

External links

• The Accidental Getaway Driver at IMDb