Lazy and aimless.
The Big Bounce (2004)
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Reviews Counted:130
Fresh:21
Rotten:109
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: An inert movie with few laughs, The Big Bounce is a big waste of talent.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content and nudity, violence and language
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Jan 30, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $6,331,346
Synopsis: Based on the Elmore Leonard novel that inspired both the 1969 film and this remake, THE BIG BOUNCE is a comic film noir about an everyman who finds trouble in the form of a beautiful blonde. Jack... Based on the Elmore Leonard novel that inspired both the 1969 film and this remake, THE BIG BOUNCE is a comic film noir about an everyman who finds trouble in the form of a beautiful blonde. Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) is a small-time scam artist who is determined to leave that life behind after yet another run-in with the law. But when he meets the mistress of his former boss, Ray Ritchie (Gary Sinese), all bets are off. Nancy (newcomer Sara Foster) is hot, mischievous, and up to no good, but Jack is too smitten to use his better judgment. It isn't long before he's agreed to help her steal $200,000 from Ray. Along the way, he must contend with a series of potentially shady characters, who might not be what they seem (Morgan Freeman, Charlie Sheen, and Bebe Neuwirth). Directed with an easygoing approach that fits perfectly with the laid back Hawaiian locales, THE BIG BOUNCE gets an enormous boost from Owen Wilson, who appears to be having the time of his life. This might have something to do with his costar Foster, a former model whose mere presence is enough to make the screen sizzle. The movie also features hilarious supporting turns from Freeman, Neuwirth, and especially Sheen. [More]
Starring: Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise, Vinnie Jones
Starring: Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise, Vinnie Jones, Charlie Sheen, Sara Foster, Bebe Neuwirth, Harry Dean Stanton, Willie Nelson, Andrew Wilson
Director: George Armitage
Director: George Armitage
Screenwriter: Sebastian Gutierrez
Studio: Warner Bros.
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Reviews for The Big Bounce
This one lands with a thud, failing to deliver even a mild Hawaiian punch.
The Big Bounce is an object lesson in the ways a promising film can go awry. It's a schooling we could have done without.
Foster is one of the worst actresses seen on screen since Cindy Crawford, to the point where she destroys any chance of the movie redeeming itself.
The Big Bounce has all the earmarks of a project that has been whittled into incoherence in the editing room in a lunatic attempt to 'fix' it.
The Big Bounce is great entertainment if you enjoy watching Morgan Freeman play dominoes.
We all know how good Morgan Freeman is. But it’s time to celebrate the impeccable comic timing of his easygoing co-star Owen Wilson.
Sara Foster keeps asking 'Where's the bounce?' when anyone with eyes can see exactly where the bounce is.
Screenwriter Sebastian Gutierrez and director George Armitage seem like kids trying to walk 20 dogs at the same time.
My reaction, as the film struggles to its end, was to wish it to just be over.
Owen Wilson has the amazing ability to charm his way out of the most dreadful material
The Big Splat...wait 'til watching this would be just a waste of time, not a waste of time and money.
I have to admit that I had a pretty good time watching the film unfold in its amiably haphazard fashion.
Too often a dead zone, robbing its star of his greatest weapon: the ability to nail smart, punchy dialogue.
It’s praising with faint damns, sort of: Hey, The Big Bounce ain’t actually awful!
When the twisty plots and stylish dialogue of novelist Elmore Leonard are given half-hearted attention, you get the sort of lazy, dull mess that is The Big Bounce.
[Wilson's] deceptively easy-going manner...provides the needed energy that keeps 'The Big Bounce' bouncing.
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