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Bounce
Miramax Films

Bounce reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 52 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.2 out of 10
based on 31 reviews
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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  
WRITTEN BY: Don Roos  
DIRECTED BY: Don Roos  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: April 10, 2001 
Video: April 10, 2001 
Theatrical: November 17, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 102 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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75
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
For the first time since "Chasing Amy," I realized why people like Ben Affleck.
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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.
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70
LA Weekly F. X. Feeney
Thrillingly unpredictable.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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50
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Truth is, Affleck and Paltrow flunk Chemistry 101. They aren't believable even as a fake couple.
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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.
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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.
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50
Variety Todd McCarthy
Simultaneously contrived and genuinely felt.
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50
San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
Surprisingly tepid and soapy.
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50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
Flies coach instead of first class, despite a charismatic cast.
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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.
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30
Film.com Moira Macdonald
So relentlessly vanilla that it never springs to life.
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30
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
A pallid, mediocre tale that treacles its way through well-worn channels.
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30
Village Voice Dennis Lim
It's been smoothed over plenty, but this is one creaky, rigged contraption.
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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.
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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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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Wilf M. gave it a6:
A good movie, although it looses it's way a little in sentiment and becomes a little flabby towards the end. It made my girl shed a tear and I was not bored. Affleck made a good job of a guy struggling with his conscious and Paltrow was great at someone who was unsure of what was the right thing to do! One worth getting out for a lazy Sunday afternoon or when you’re a male and given the choice to pick a movie, but need to show-off your feminine side;-)

Jennifer C. gave it a 8:
Well made and well acted.

Story Teller gave it a 9:
Solid on all levels - storyline, dialogue, visuals, and definitely performances. This movie has layers if you look for them. "Two thumbs up."

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