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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

US 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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The fact that it remains watchable and enjoyable is a credit to its actors and its writer ...

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01/15/05
Jeffrey Overstreet
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer

What should have been graceful understatement instead reads as lifeless detachment.

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12/28/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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Affleck and Paltrow seem to be enjoying their roles far more than we do.

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06/25/04
Judith Egerton
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05/14/03
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02/08/03
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01/10/03
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
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Seems too slight and shallow to really work as a drama.

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12/08/02
Ron Wells
Ron Wells
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Heavy-handed, unbelievable, predictable, and when without Gwenyth, a not very exciting film to find oneself bouncing ultimately boredly through.

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12/08/02
Susannah Breslin
Susannah Breslin
Film Threat

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.

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06/15/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Clearly wants to be a compelling, ambiguous work, but sacrifices its integrity for a more palatable date-movie tone.

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06/05/02
Luisa F. Ribeiro
Luisa F. Ribeiro
Boxoffice Magazine

Mais Que o Acaso se salva graças ao desempenho de seus protagonistas e à química existente entre estes.

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05/31/02
Pablo Villaca
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