[A] delicate study of two people finding a connection and opening up to each other.
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
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
Reviews for Bounce
You can believe [Paltrow and Affleck] as people who've never met, grow closer timidly, then surprise each other with the depth of their attraction.
A surprisingly complex examination of the personal and professional price of honesty; falsehoods, half-truths, little white lies and self-delusion.
Despite some failings along the way, the film builds toward his and the actors' strengths; by its closing scenes, Bounce bounces back.
A genuinely moving and engrossing film brought to warm and authentic life by its gifted and intelligent stars.
It's a love story, yes, but one whose sweetness is cut by honest performances, a sharply drawn supporting cast and a fairly serious, yet never self-pitying, tone.
This, [Roos'] second venture, suffers from some of the usual 'sophomore curse' pitfalls.
Roos has taken a far-fetched and soapy story about tragic fate and redemptive second chances and made it seem not only plausible, but worthy of serious discussion.
An entirely predictable, altogether bland addition to the resume of filmmaker Don Roos.
The time has come for unsparing truths: Has there ever been a duller Hollywood duo than Ben & Gwyn?
Yes, it is perfectly, utterly predictable ... but its details aren't, and they are worth savoring.
Guys are idiots, lower your standards? I can't tell you how sick I am of seeing this moronic message beaten into women's heads in cinematic 'romance' after romance.
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