|  |  | |  |   | | | Bounce Thea Desrochers - Monday, December 04, 2000
Title of Movie: Bounce
Director: Don Roos
Producer: Bobby Cohen, Harvey Weinstein
Studio: Miramax Films
Stars: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natasha Henstridge, Jennifer Grey, Tony Goldwyn
MPAA Rating: PG 13 (for language, sensuality)
Date of Release: November 17, 2000
Reviewed by: Thea Desrochers
Our Rating: * * *
Run time: 1 hr. 42 min.
In Bounce, Affleck plays Buddy Amaral, a fast-rising Los Angeles ad exec who embraces a shallow lifestyle. A chance encounter at Chicago's O'Hare airport with businesswoman Mimi (Natasha Henstridge) and family man Greg (Tony Goldwyn) results in Buddy giving Greg his boarding pass for a Los Angeles-bound jet.
That plane crashes, killing all aboard. Buddy is so badly shaken by this whim of fate that he turns into a temperamental alcoholic. One year later, he checks out of a rehab clinic. After getting his old job back it doesn't hurt that he owns 20% of the company he looks up Greg's widow. This is Abby Janello (Gwyneth Paltrow), a winsome mom with two young boys. Abby is currently trying her hand at real estate.
Without letting her know his role in her husband's death, Buddy works a deal that lets Abby receive a sizable commission on a real estate deal engineered by his firm. This, he figures, will square things a bit with her and relieve him of at least some survivor's guilt.
Only he doesn't figure on fate intervening once more, this time in the form of his match-making assistant (Johnny Galecki) and Abby's misreading of his well-intended signals. The two fall in love and eventually, of course, must face the dilemma of their divided feelings when Buddy's secret is revealed.
The movie is very typical and the only suspenseful moment is given away in the movie trailers and in the first thirty minutes of the movie. The soundtrack is worth buying and as always, Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow put on a great performance. | | |
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