Bounce (DVD)

This is a very sweet heartwarming and breaking movie all at the same time. The storyline is heartfelt, sad, and happy. While this movie deals with a great tragedy, it shows that without the bad there would be no good, there would just be a lot of blah that doesn't make you feel anything at all. This romantic comedy/drama is about two people who are involved in a heartbraking tragedy and unexpectedly brought together and are given a chance at love. Buddy Amaral, played by the very talented and attractive Ben Affleck, is a successful advertising executive who spends his time picking up women for short and fun relationships instead of searching for ...  Read the complete review

My second movie experience over the pond I reluctantly entered, pushed by my other half into a Chelsea (NYC not London) theatre. Frankly its not bad in itself, but in light of its multitude of predecessors becomes almost annoying. What's with all of these romantic movies structured around tragic accidents? In quick succession, the dull Harrison Ford vehicle Random Hearts, the marginally better Return to Me, (starring Minnie Driver and David Duchovny) and now this - Ben Affleck and Gwenyth Paltrow hook up after her husband dies in a fatal plane crash -. My guess is that screenwriters are just being lazy. A plane, car, or train crash is an easy way to infuse ...  Read the complete review

Ok I'll admit a friend asked me to go see this film with her and I only agreed when she told me it starred Ben Affleck. I figured I could occupy myself by drooling at him for a couple of hours whilst munching a bucket of pop corn. In reality, Ok I drooled a little (well a lot actually) but suprisingly I actually enjoyed it. I'd say it's more of a girlie night in with face packs and pizza than a must see cinema film but it's definitely worth watching. So what's it about? The two main characters are Buddy (yes they really made Ben Affleck play a character called Buddy) a slick advertising executive with a drinking problem, who is ...  Read the complete review

I'm not at all fond of romantic dramas, and the prospect of watching Ben Affleck for a couple of hours did not appeal. But I'd caught a whiff of one of the tracks from the soundtrack (which I later found out to be the only really good track, but never mind!) ... so I thought I'd better give Bounce a go. In many ways it'd be unfair to brand the film as a romantic comedy --much of the film is about characters rather than the relationships themselves, and while funny in places, this isn't a laugh-out-loud giggle-flick-- but films have to be sold, and it must have been pretty obvious how to market this one. So a romantic drama. That's ...  Read the complete review

Bounce is one of the latest romantic comedies to come from the United States. It is directed by Don Ross and brings the hollywood friendship of Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow to the big screen. Bounce is your typical romantic movie really. There is nothing wonderful about the movie but it is actually entertaining and is worth a viewing. Ben Affleck plays Buddy Amaral who is an advertising executive for a airline company. Buddy has a drinking problem and also has a very keen interest in women. Whilst waiting for his plane one night he meets two people and gets talking to them whilst waiting for his late plane. That is how the movie starts. I don't want to ...  Read the complete review