Forces of Nature (1999)
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46% of critics liked it
(65 reviews) -
37% of users liked it
(57,009 ratings)
Ben (Ben Affleck) has two days to get from New York to Savannah, Georgia for his wedding to Bridget Cahill (Maura Tierney). Everything is running smoothly until his plane skids off the runway. Ben inadvertently saves the life of his seatmate, Sarah (Sandra Bullock), who becomes his companion for the… More Ben (Ben Affleck) has two days to get from New York to Savannah, Georgia for his wedding to Bridget Cahill (Maura Tierney). Everything is running smoothly until his plane skids off the runway. Ben inadvertently saves the life of his seatmate, Sarah (Sandra Bullock), who becomes his companion for the longest two days of his life. As fate begins to repeat itself through a series of disasters involving a rental car, a train, and a bus (not to mention a hurricane), Ben has to wonder if someone's trying to give him a message. Inevitably, he also finds himself falling in love with Sarah. Meanwhile, Bridget wonders where, exactly, Ben is, and her old boyfriend Steve (David Strickland) attempts to take advantage of the situation. Not that Bridget's dad (Ronny Cox) really minds, since Steve is much more successful than Ben. En route, Ben and Sarah collide with Ben's best man, Alan (Steve Zahn) and his girlfriend, the maid of honor (Meredith Scott Lynn), which further adds to the series of cosmic tests that Ben must try to answer. ~ Ron Wells, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bronwen Hughes
- Written By
- Marc Lawrence
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Mar 19, 1999 Wide
- On DVD
- Dec 19, 2000
- Studio
- Dreamworks Distribution
Critic Reviews
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Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
DreamWorks' first reprehensible fiasco.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
An extremely enjoyable neo-screwball comedy about attractive opposites on the road.
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, Time Out
A bumbling and typically charmless latter-day studio screwball comedy.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The cinematic equivalent of Styrofoam: a weightless romantic comedy of synthetic feelings.
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
A most pleasant and diverting venture.
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Cast
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Sandra Bullock
as Sarah
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Ben Affleck
as Ben
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Maura Tierney
as Bridget
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Steve Zahn
as Alan
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Blythe Danner
as Virginia
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Ronny Cox
as Hadley
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Michael Fairman
as Richard
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Janet Carroll
as Barbara
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Richard Schiff
as Joe
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David Strickland
as Steve
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Meredith Scott Lynn
as Debbie
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George D. Wallace
as Max
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Steve Hytner
as Jack
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John Doe
as Carl
