Bounce: Critic Reviews

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Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

70

This touching, finely wrought bowl of suds is a seamless piece of work.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Something is missing in Bounce, the muted dynamic of which calls forth a perhaps inevitably muted reaction.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Eric Harrison Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

By letting star power and commercial considerations warp good storytelling judgment, Roos has shortchanged his own movie, not to mention the audience.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

The time has come for unsparing truths: Has there ever been a duller Hollywood duo than Ben & Gwyn?
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)

A mopey romantic contrivance, with a touch of strained comedy, that maybe is slightly better than last year's Random Hearts but still tedious.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

The script by Don Roos, who also directed, makes good use of the dramatic irony.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

The most depressing date movie since Random Hearts.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

Two movies in one -- lively when people are talking, lame when things are happening.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com (Top Critic)

To my taste, [Buddy and Abby] don't sync up. They're just not right for each other. I fretted for both of them, in a way that didn't serve the movie well.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Dramatic contrivances and manipulation stain a tissue-thin plot.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

30

About as moving as a month-old Kleenex.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

60

Entertaining story of fate, alcoholism, and love.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer

50

The fact that it remains watchable and enjoyable is a credit to its actors and its writer ...
Full Review » 7 years ago
Michael Dequina Movie Poop Shoot

50

What should have been graceful understatement instead reads as lifeless detachment.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Judith Egerton Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

50

Affleck and Paltrow seem to be enjoying their roles far more than we do.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ron Wells Film Threat

50

Seems too slight and shallow to really work as a drama.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Susannah Breslin Film Threat

20

Heavy-handed, unbelievable, predictable, and when without Gwenyth, a not very exciting film to find oneself bouncing ultimately boredly through.
Full Review » 9 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

a major disappointment from writer-director Don Roos, who previously created the scathingly funny "The Opposite of Sex." ...this muddled drama is more like the opposite of interesting.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

60

Mais Que o Acaso se salva gracas ao desempenho de seus protagonistas e a quimica existente entre estes.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Chuck Rudolph Matinee Magazine

0

What keeps it grounded is the commitment by Roos and his cast to making the emotions of the story real.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Karina Montgomery Cinerina

Ben and Gwynneth, "just friends" or no, have a lovely, believable chemistry that isn't all hot sex or amusing rapid fire witticisms.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Chris Phillips Movieline

[Gives] us two smart, likable characters to follow.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Michael Thomson BBC

40

You can almost see the strings as the actors are manipulated into position for one more weepy scene.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Andrew Howe Film Written Magazine

63

An agreeable but ultimately insubstantial piece of fluff.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Prairie Miller WBAI Web Radio

If you're expecting Bounce to be a followup to Don Roos' edgy dark comedy The Opposite Of Sex, be prepared for something more like The Opposite Of Don Roos.
Full Review » 11 years ago