Boing boing! (Bounce (DVD))

Member Name: Little Miss

Product:	Bounce (DVD)
Date:	15/05/01 (87 review reads)
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Advantages: good girlie film

Disadvantages: it's not going to win any oscars

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 only out for one thing. And Abby a widow with 2 kids, who's slightly dizzy and awkward around men but most of us can relate to the things she does. (I couldn't help cringing)

The film starts when Buddy gets talking to Abby's husband in an airport lounge. All the flights are delayed or cancelled due to bad weather. Abby's husband (sorry I forgot his name he was only in the start of the film and I was too busy munching my pop corn) has taken a deal from the airline to take a later flight but is saying how he's supposed to go get a Christmas tree with his son and is going to miss it. Anyway as Buddy is about to board the flight he decides to give his ticket to Abby's husband (it's really not that sickening as Buddy only does this so he can spend the night with some woman he also met in the airport lounge).

The next thing Buddy wakes up in the night to learn there has been a plane crash, yes you've guessed it, it was the flight he should have been on. Of course now there is a problem, as in parrallel Abby is trying to contact her husband who was originally to be on the flight but then took the airlines deal and changed. She calls the airline just to check and is assured he wasn't on the flight. Meanwhile Buddy has to get the air hostess he
distracted to let Abby's husband board the plane on his ticket to change the passenger list.

One year later and Buddy has been through rehab for his drinking, and feels he has to find Abby and make sure she's Ok.

I won't go into any more details on this, you've probably got most of it worked out anyway but don't let this put you off as it really is a very pleasant film.

Also there is some lovely running comedy in there between Buddy and his gay assistant (who I believe used to be in Roseanne and is an excellent character) which will cheer you up between the tissue grabbing scenes.

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