adonis98-743-186503 A man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife. Bounce is one of the early Ben Affleck movies where he shows that he can act because in my opinion he is a very underrated actor he went from Gigli to be Batman in his best performance ever. Now in this movie he fells in love with Gwyneth Paltrow who lost her husband on a plane crush. The only problem i found with this film was the pacing other than that it was a great love story for this 2 people but also good on it's dramatic parts. Not Affleck's best movie but definitely better than Gigli and the overrated Gone Girl which sucked. Check it out it might surprise you.

SnoopyStyle Buddy Amaral (Ben Affleck) has just signed a big ad deal. He's flying out of Chicago back to LA, but gets delayed. He meets fellow passengers Greg Janello (Tony Goldwyn) and Mimi Prager (Natasha Henstridge). Greg is a failing writer and he opts to be bumped for a couple of tickets and $200. Buddy tries to do him a favor by switching tickets while staying the night with Mimi. The plane crashes killing everybody on board. The airline gets Buddy to run feel-good ads and it wins a Clio. It crushes him and a drunken Buddy creates a fiasco at the awards. After rehab, he goes to check on Greg's widow Abby (Gwyneth Paltrow) as one of the 12 steps.First of all, this is hamstrung by a bad title. There is a really heart breaking story in this and it starts off well. However the romance just breaks the movie down to a lesser level. It tries very hard to romanticize this tragedy that it comes off as awkward. The two leads try to do a good job but they are off by a little bit. I'm not sure what most people think about the flirting. It mostly made me feel sad. And the awkward attempts at humor don't help either. This could have been a much better movie if it could have maintained its darker edge.

fedor8 Not a bad premise, especially for what is merely yet another romantic drama that pairs up any major male star with any major female star. However, once the basic premise "happens" (so-to-speak) the rest is very predictable and formulaic, including the soppy and mediocre ballads sung by current females-on-acoustic-guitar semi-poet semi-90s-philosopher pop-singer morons. It was obvious Affleck would: 1) get in touch with Paltrow, 2) fall for her and vice versa, 3) not tell her immediately le big secret, 4) she'd find out, one way or another, and tell him to go away, and 5) at the end they'd continue where they originally started. So the first half is totally by-the-numbers. There is even a gay character who offers counsel, support and all that other gay stuff which all 90s gay movie characters are required to do. (If they aren't (un)funny sidekicks, then they at least have to be WISE AND GOOD.) Still, at least they let Affleck make a sarcastic comment about the gay guy's role; a bit of unexpected but ultimately insufficient irony. Paltrow is annoying, Affleck is "blah" – so nothing new there. He is a weak actor because he is Ben in every movie he plays. Sure, Clint Eastwood is Clint in every movie he plays, and the same goes for Bronson and some others, but with a big difference: those guys have charisma, i.e. we want to see Clint be Clint and so on but we don't ever want to see Ben be Ben because Ben isn't charismatic but simply a 90s Hollywood brat. (In fact, I don't want to see Ben Affleck AT ALL.) The thing I mentioned earlier, about male-female-star pairing-ups is getting downright tiresome. There is a list of male and a list of female actresses who are paired up every now and then (read: far too often) for various romantic dramas or romantic comedies that are always based on clichéd scripts; movies that promise cash once the women and the girls in the audience start taking out those handkerchiefs out (usually towards the end of the movie) so that they can wet them with their tears of soap-operatic self-delusion.The men: The women: George Clooney Michelle Pfeiffer Bruce Willis Salma Hayek Ben Affleck Jennifer Lopez Keanu Reeves Sandra Bullock Matthew MacConaughey Winona Ryder Richard Gere Gwyneth Paltrow Hugh Grant Meg Ryan Tom Hanks Julia Roberts Nicolas Cage Charlize TheronPair up any of these randomly, placing them in a movie about on-&-off love in which usually someone has a terminal illness or someone is from a different social class than the other, etc, and you can make your own 90s soap movie with very little entertainment or cinematic value. Try it. It's very, very easy. You might even get a feeling of deja-vu because some of these pairs already made films - with fascinating, brilliant results. Now you know how easy it can be to run a movie corporation.If you want to read my parody-biographies of Affleck, Paltrow, and other Hollywood dimwits, contact me by e-mail.

Catherine_Grace_Zeh BOUNCE, in my opinion, is a heart-warming, hilarious, romantic, and touching romance. If you ask me, the way that Buddy (Ben Affleck) and Abby (Gwyneht Paltrow) met was pure magic. This was because fate intervened. Plus, it was love at first sight. Some people have said that this is one of the worst movies they've ever seen, but I strongly disagree. This is a great movie with terrific performances from very talented actors and actresses. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say, "This is a perfect movie to see with the one you love!" Now, in conclusion, to all you Ben Affleck or Gwyneth Paltrow fans that have not seen this heart-warming, hilarious, romantic, and touching romantic drama, I highly recommend it! When you see it, prepare to laugh and have a good time.