Make no mistake: This slackly paced picture doesn't gel. But it so consistently undermines the pastel-pretty conventions that currently rule the genre that some sneaky admiration is in order.
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06/14/09
Forces of Nature (1999)
48 %
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Reviews Counted: 61
Fresh: 29
Rotten:32
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Ben Holmes, a soon-to-be-hitched batchelor, is unable to fly to Savannah for his wedding (due to a careless seagull and an approaching hurricane). He must share a rented care with Sara, a kooky... [More]
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn
Director: Bronwen Hughes
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Reviews for Forces of Nature
DreamWorks' first reprehensible fiasco.
06/14/09
Top CriticThe humour is genial and both Affleck and Bullock are easy on the eye, but the film itself ends up being little more than a storm in a teacup.
06/14/09
Top CriticAn extremely enjoyable neo-screwball comedy about attractive opposites on the road.
03/26/09
Top CriticBullock seems a bit too level-headed for a screwball, and the affable Affleck has no real chemistry with her or Tierney.
08/07/08
While far from a complete misfire, Forces of Nature remains simply too by-the-numbers to be particularly gratifying or worthwhile.
06/24/08
All in all, it really depends on if you're a fan of the two leads. I am, so I liked it.
01/15/08
A bumbling and typically charmless latter-day studio screwball comedy.
01/26/06
Top CriticNo review available.
04/29/05
Top CriticIt has all been done before, and better.
04/09/05
For the most part this film is not particularly funny or entertaining. The plot is, of course, predictable.
10/18/04
No review available.
07/03/04
No review available.
06/18/04
Top CriticNo review available.
06/05/04
Top CriticAs soon as the co-stars become unlikely companions on a two-day trip to the South, a major problem crops up: no screen chemistry. They rarely click together, let alone sizzle.
05/20/03
Bullock seems to really be enjoying herself in this role, and Affleck is uncomfortable. I don’t know whether this is because his role dictates it or if it’s just a natural reaction, but it works.
02/08/03
Sandra Bullock is the good news about Forces of Nature. Her natural charm dances off the screen with giddy abandon. Unfortunately, the movie lets her down.
10/15/02
though Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck generate a certain amount of goodwill... the comedy - like the airplane its central characters meet aboard - doesn't quite get off the ground.
06/23/02
The combination of Affleck's deadpan by-the-book persona with the spontaneity of Bullock's character sparks with convincing chemistry, their diverse personalities causing both to grow and bring to the surface what each is running away from or can't admit.
06/05/02
No review available.
03/19/02
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