Bounce

Name: Bounce
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: November 17, 2000
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow

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Bounce

Movie Details & Credits

Miramax Films | Release Date: November 17, 2000

Starring: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow

Summary: 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)

Director: Don Roos

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 106 min

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93	#93 Most Shared Movie of 2000

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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. Read full review

Charlotte Observer - Lawrence Toppman

For the first time since "Chasing Amy," I realized why people like Ben Affleck. Read full review

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. Read full review

San Francisco Examiner - Wesley Morris

If I wanted a Nora Ephron cuddle-ganza, I'd rent one.

San Francisco Chronicle - Edward Guthmann

Surprisingly tepid and soapy. Read full review

Film.com - Robert Horton

There's no way out of the excruciating melodrama, and the film withers in its trap. Read full review

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. Read full review

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WilfM.

Sep 6, 2005

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 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… Expand

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