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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,.. Read more
| Starring | Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tony Goldwyn, Alex D. Linz |
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| Director | Don Roos |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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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.
| Starring | Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tony Goldwyn, Alex D. Linz, Natasha Henstridge, Joe Morton, Jennifer Grey |
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| Director | Don Roos |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2000 To Rent: DVD: 04 Oct 2004 |
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competent, not outstanding
The Radio Times review above is pretty much on the mark.
Don Roos has an obsession with secrets and coincidences, and they're dealt with ... read more »
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Worth a Watch
Good enough movie for what it is. The movie develops very well although is a little slow in parts. Ending little bit disappointing. Still overall not a bad ... read more »
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Doesn't bounce...
...it crashes!
I found this somewhat dull, not sure what else I can say to help. There was nothing really to it.
There are better films ... read more »
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Definitely worth watching
Not normally a Ben Affleck or Gwynneth Paltrow fan but this was thoroughly enjoyable. Perhaps predictable but loses nothing for it. One for the guys & ... read more »
"Boring, complacent and criminally lucky to have got away with everything so far." That was David Thomson's scathing verdict on Ben Affleck in his "Biographical Dictionary of Film" in 2004. It was Ben's "annus horribilis": the year that his planned wedding to J-Lo fell apart. The year that saw him bounce back from the mortifying Gigli debacle with two more back-to-back duds: Surviving Christmas and Jersey Girl. He was considered such box-office poison his cameo in Elektra wound up on the... Read more