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Bounce (2000)
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Reviews Counted:106
Fresh:54
Rotten:52
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Critics say Bounce is more of a thud. Plot turns feel cliched and contrived, and the romance between Paltrow and Affleck fails to engage.
Theatrical Release:Nov 17, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $35,825,414
Synopsis: When Buddy Amaral (Ben Affleck) decides to have a casual fling with a woman he meets in an airport, he gives up his ticket to Greg Janello (Tony Goldwyn), an earnest man on standby for the flight... When Buddy Amaral (Ben Affleck) decides to have a casual fling with a woman he meets in an airport, he gives up his ticket to Greg Janello (Tony Goldwyn), an earnest man on standby for the flight who is desperate to get home to his wife and child. But when the plane crashes because of snowy conditions, killing everyone on board, Buddy plunges into a sea of despair and confusion. At the edge of a nervous breakdown, Buddy seeks out Abby Janello (Gwyneth Paltrow), Greg's widow. He approaches Abby, who works as a real estate agent, under the pretense of finding a new location for his advertising agency. But, he never reveals that he knows about her husband's death. While his only intention is to do a good deed for the grieving Abby, Buddy slowly finds himself falling in love with her and she responds to him with a similar sincerity. The only thing keeping them apart is the dark secret that Buddy is hiding. BOUNCE is writer-director Don Roos's follow-up to his engaging, clever, independent debut, THE OPPOSITE OF SEX. Like that film, BOUNCE examplifies Roos's knack for writing witty dialogue and using it to make a intelligent, sweet films. [More]
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natasha Henstridge, Alex D. Linz
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natasha Henstridge, Alex D. Linz, Jennifer Grey, Tony Goldwyn, Johnny Galecki, Joe Morton
Director: Don Roos
Director: Don Roos
Screenwriter: Don Roos
Studio: Miramax Films
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Reviews for Bounce
The fact that it remains watchable and enjoyable is a credit to its actors and its writer ...
What should have been graceful understatement instead reads as lifeless detachment.
Affleck and Paltrow seem to be enjoying their roles far more than we do.
Heavy-handed, unbelievable, predictable, and when without Gwenyth, a not very exciting film to find oneself bouncing ultimately boredly through.
a major disappointment from writer-director Don Roos, who previously created the scathingly funny "The Opposite of Sex." ...this muddled drama is more like the opposite of interesting.
Clearly wants to be a compelling, ambiguous work, but sacrifices its integrity for a more palatable date-movie tone.
Mais Que o Acaso se salva graças ao desempenho de seus protagonistas e à química existente entre estes.
Two movies in one -- lively when people are talking, lame when things are happening.
What keeps it grounded is the commitment by Roos and his cast to making the emotions of the story real.
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