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Bounce
Miramax Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some language and sensuality
Starring
Ben Affleck,
Gwyneth Paltrow,
Natasha Henstridge,
Jennifer Grey,
and
Tony Goldwyn
A romantic drama about two strangers, a hot shot urban ad exec (Affleck) and a struggling single mom (Paltrow), who fall in love -- only one of them knows it wasn't by chance. (Miramax Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Don Roos
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Don Roos
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 10, 2001
Video: April 10, 2001
Theatrical: November 17, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
102 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
91
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Watching Bounce, you look at him (Affleck) and believe how much he's got at stake, and you look at Paltrow and know why.
90
Mr. Showbiz
Cody Clark
Roos combines a sharp script with excellent performances.
80
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
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.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
In movies with this story structure, all depends on the precise timing of the delay and the revelation, and Bounce misses. Not by a lot, but by enough.
75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow are so immensely appealing, and their chemistry together is so unforced, that their presence alone makes a movie worth seeing. Thankfully, Bounce has even more going for it.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
The movie is well acted, deeply moving, and unlike some love stories, it doesn't feel forced or contrived.
75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
For the first time since "Chasing Amy," I realized why people like Ben Affleck.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Roos introduces the possibility that perhaps two partials add up to the whole truth, and in so doing creates a provocative love story that sticks with you long after the credits roll.
75
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
There's nothing in Bounce you haven't seen before, but the movie is surprisingly unsentimental, the Paltrow factor cannot be denied.
70
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Bounce may be far from a great film, but its pleasures are consistent enough to remind you of how few movies nowadays come anywhere close to matching it in intelligence and emotional balance.
70
LA Weekly
F. X. Feeney
Thrillingly unpredictable.
63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
After a few movies in which Paltrow was in danger of becoming a caricature of herself, she's back in rare form.
63
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Something is missing in Bounce, the muted dynamic of which calls forth a perhaps inevitably muted reaction.
60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Beneath the plot's romantic turns lies a surprisingly complex examination of the personal and professional price of honesty; falsehoods, half-truths, little white lies and self-delusion spur most of the key plot developments, and Roos never resorts to platitudes to account for their effects.
50
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's the opposite of "The Opposite of Sex," a meditation on multiple truths, and the lies that sometimes lie in between.
50
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Truth is, Affleck and Paltrow flunk Chemistry 101. They aren't believable even as a fake couple.
50
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
If I wanted a Nora Ephron cuddle-ganza, I'd rent one.
50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
The most depressing date movie since "Random Hearts."
50
Film.com
Robert Horton
There's no way out of the excruciating melodrama, and the film withers in its trap.
50
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
Doesn't really work when examined in the daylight outside the theater doors.
50
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The unusually thoughtful dialogue and soul-searching performances make this romantic drama seem deeper than it is.
50
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Simultaneously contrived and genuinely felt.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
Surprisingly tepid and soapy.
50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Flies coach instead of first class, despite a charismatic cast.
42
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Isn't sexy, funny, smart or fun.
40
Film.com
John Hartl
While Bounce may mark a sophomore slump for Roos, it's hardly the worst date movie out there.
30
Film.com
Moira Macdonald
So relentlessly vanilla that it never springs to life.
30
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
A pallid, mediocre tale that treacles its way through well-worn channels.
30
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
It's been smoothed over plenty, but this is one creaky, rigged contraption.
30
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Affleck and Paltrow, who've been excellent elsewhere, display less chemistry than they've shown in magazine photo shoots. Even Woody and Bo Peep had more going on between them in "Toy Story" than these two manage here.
20
Dallas Observer
Gregory Weinkauf
Moments of strained mirth indicate how false and fabricated the whole enterprise really is--just a couple of well-to-do superstars doing their darnedest to prove to us that they're regular folk. And failing.
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