Bounce

Bounce (2000)

  • 52% of critics liked it
    (107 reviews)

  • 34% of users liked it
    (21,269 ratings)

In this romantic comedy-drama, two people whose lives were touched by the same tragedy find love. Buddy Amaral (Ben Affleck) is a successful L.A. advertising executive who has a way with the ladies, but inside he longs for a meaningful long-term relationship. One day Buddy sells his seat on a… More

PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.
Directed By
Don Roos
Written By
Don Roos
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Nov 17, 2000 Wide
On DVD
Apr 10, 2001
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    Two movies in one -- lively when people are talking, lame when things are happening.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    I wanted [Buddy and Abby] to become lovers, which means they sold me on themselves.

  • Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    As a director, [Roos] brings a keen eye for character and nuance to his writer-side's lapses.

  • Paul Tatara, CNN.com

    What a lingering, contrived, lukewarm mess this is.

  • Jay Carr, Boston Globe

    Something is missing in Bounce, the muted dynamic of which calls forth a perhaps inevitably muted reaction.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Wahida K


    Two strangers fell in love. One knew it wasn't by chance.

  • Nani V


    There wasn't a lot of noise with this movie, but I loved it! It was a sad, but sweet movie.

  • Jason S


    I didn't really care for the flick. Even though Affleck is the man he put out a very plain movie that didn't have me caring at all for the characters.

  • Dean M


    This lean, low-key story about love, fate, commitment, guilt, and spin control is a quite good date movie. Soulful performances, mushrooming compassion, and gemlike pockets of dialogue give credibility to the film's occasionally farfetched plot points.

  • jay n


    ben is good, gwyneth wan

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