Bounce
|
List Price: Our Price: $6.39 You Save: $8.60 (57%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Canada
Movie Reviews of Bounce
Movie Review: Affleck Finally Delivers Post "Good Will Hunting"
Summary: 4 Stars
I did not expect to like this movie. The biggest reason is that I've only seen Ben Affleck in one movie where I liked his acting, "Good Will Hunting." He surprised me in this movie by doing a very good acting job and holding his own with Gwyneth Paltrow, his romantic lead. The gist of the story is easy to follow. Affleck plays Buddy Amaral, a successful ad executive with substance abuse and commitment problems to anything but getting ahead. He gives his airline ticket to another passenger when he sees the opportunity to have a one night stand by staying on the ground in Chicago where a snow storm is ongoing. The plane crashes and the other guy dies instead of Buddy. Unable to handle the guilt from this situation, he eventually seeks out the dead man's widow and starts to help her in business without telling her who he is. The romantic complications flow from this basic setup. Affleck and Paltrow are very good as a couple together, which maybe was helped by their being a real life couple for a time during and after the movie. The costuming, makeup and hair designers must have knocked themselves out trying to make Paltrow as plain as possible. I almost didn't recognize her when she came onscreen. I think her plainness was a bit overdone. Hubby even liked this movie despite his usually avoiding this type of movie. He even went so far as to say he thought Affleck was terrific. I'm not willing to go quite that far but, all in all, it is very good.Movie Review: Tale with a twist...
Summary: 4 Stars
A pretty good DVD overall, good story , great actors, well made, what more can u ask? well, sometimes you get without asking, and a 2 DVD Set is what you get. My reviews are mainly concerned with the disc not the story, i let everyone else do that bit. So, disc 1, the video transfer is as usual a very nice clean effort from Beauna Vista/Miramax, presented in Anamorphic Widescreen at 1.85:1, the original theatre format.Sound is good and clear, a mainly dialogue driven film , but a few surround moments in airports etc help to fill where required.Audio commentary with Don Roos(Director)&Bob Cohen(Prod), kinda dry and lifeless, technical aspects as well as acting choices, and basic plot structure are the focus. Disc 2...OK..now u get 8 scenes from the movie with commentary by Ben,Gwen & Don, this is more entertaining thanks to Bens sense of humour.Gag reel(5.30mins) standard fluffed lines etc,Deleted scenes (14)totaling 45 mins with or without Comm, presented in original form non anamorphic, most dumped during extensive test audience reviews, some would have changed the ultimate feel of the film. 2 features, one a Making of..type doco(22mins) one a more relaxed behind the scenes with Ben & Gwen(22mins). Standard Trailer and a music video. A pretty good damned Special Edition package for a movie that did "so so" at the box office.Id recommend if you loved or even liked you wont be dissapointed.Movie Review: A poignant take on bouncing from LIFE's Disappointments
Summary: 4 Stars
BOUNCE, directed by Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex), marks a surprising turn to romance and even for the poignant take on surviving the pain of losing your beloved ones to fate. Gwyneth Paltrow plays Abby, who grapples with the agony of losing her husband Greg to a fateful aircrash. Never she expected that her husband had exchanged plane tickets with Buddy (played by Ben Affleck) who wanted a one-night stand with a newfound attraction Mimi (Natasha Henstridge). The romance aside, BOUNCE delves deeply into the characters' psyche - the isolation of Abby and how she saves a woman from her embarrassment with the toilet roll; Buddy recovering from guilt to bounce back with courage and direction to steer clear of his aimless life as a advertising executive. Among the cast, Paltrow shines luminously. She portrays Abby with grief and angst and her vulnerability is conveyed with her fragile frame. Affleck still needs polishing in his expression though. The bittersweet romance is tinged with genuine sadness and forgiveness and their chemistry is bolstered, perhaps from real life to reel life.
BOUNCE is a movie that is more laudable for its honest and unpretentious take on demise and departure; its romance element is secondary. Finely acted by Paltrow, it is a movie that is worth your time even though some parts may be a little slow-moving.
Movie Review: two oscar winners in a great romantic movie
Summary: 4 Stars
BOUNCE tells the story of a sucessful young guy played by Ben Afflect who switches place in an airflight with a man he had just met in the airport. Ben Afflect stays for the night and the man dies in an terrible accident with that same airplane. One year later, recovered from his trauma, Ben Afflect decides to contact the wife and kids of that man, just to check with they were doing well. Then he meets Gwyneth Paltrow and instantly falls in love, avoiding, at the same time, to get any kind of involvement with her.This movie is really great. Gwyneth and Ben show why they won the oscars. They are very fine playing the parts and you can notice they have a real connection besides movie industry. Some dialogs in this film are really well written, and can make you laugh and cry in different scenes throughout the movie.
This is a 2 disc edition, and it's great to have such a complete material of this movie. The second DVD comes with some deleted scenes, gag reel, showing ben and gwyneth making all kinds of funny mistakes, "need to be next to you" video , from the soundtrack, besides a special called "all about bounce"in which the main actors interview the director and part of the crew.
If you enjoy romantic films, this is one you must have in your collection.
Movie Review: An well made Drama about being Honest and Romance.
Summary: 4 Stars
An young alcoholic Hot-Shot Los Angeles ad agency worker by the name of Buddy Amaral (Oscar-Winner:Ben Affleck) gives his Plane Ticket to a Writer (Tony Goldwin) stranded at O`Hare Airport. Buddy learns that the Plane, He was Supposed to be On, it`s Crashed with No Survivors and Buddy seeks Out the Scribe`s Widow (Oscar-Winner:Gwyneth Parltow).Written and Directed by Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex) made a Believable but Occasionally Fatfetched Romance. Affleck and Paltrow brings Touching Performances in This. This film is about Love, Fate, Commitment, Guilt and Spin Control is a Terrific Date Movie. This Movie is a Dramatic Comedy with Romance. The film is a Underrated Gem. DVD`s has an fine anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an clean Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD`s Extras are:An running Commentary Track by Director:Don Roos. Also a Specific Commentary Track by Affleck and Paltrow. Deleted Scenes with/without Commentary by Ross. Bloopers. Behind the Scenes feautrette and More. This is Affleck`s Best Performance to Date. Grade:B+.