Bounce (2000)

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.

Director:

Don Roos

Writer:

Don Roos

Stars:

Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natasha Henstridge

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Affleck	...	Buddy Amaral
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Abby Janello
Natasha Henstridge	...	Mimi Prager
Edward Edwards	...	Ron Wachter
Jennifer Grey	...	Janice Guerrero
Tony Goldwyn	...	Greg Janello
Lisa Carpenter-Prewitt	...	Carol Wilson
Lisa Joyner	...	T.V. Announcer
Richard Saxton	...	CNN Reporter
Caroline Aaron	...	Donna
David Dorfman	...	Joey Janello
Alex D. Linz	...	Scott Janello
Juan Garcia	...	Kevin Walters (as Juan García)
Mary Ellen Lyon	...	Ellen Seitz
Joe Morton	...	Jim Willer

Storyline

Buddy (Affleck) has just signed an airline in Chicago as a big client, but is ironically delayed at the airport waiting for a flight to LA on that same airline. He meets fellow passenger Greg, who opts to be bumped, even though it means missing an activity with his older son. When the flight gets resumed, Buddy thinks he's doing a good deed by swapping tickets with Greg so he can get home to his son. Sadly, the flight crashes. Buddy conspires with his friend, the ticket agent that night, to take his name off the passenger list and put Greg's on. Once he's back in LA, his new client dictates that the company run a series of feel-good ads about the crash. Buddy feels very hypocritical, and completely loses it when the commercials win a Cleo. After going through re-hab, he decides he needs to check on Greg's widow. But he doesn't plan on falling in love with her.

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Plot Keywords:

love | widow | airport | friend | sports ticket | 

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Taglines:

Two strangers fell in love. One knew it wasn't by chance.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language and sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bounce - Eine Chance für die Liebe

Filming Locations:

Dodger Stadium - 1000 Vin Scully Avenue, Chavez Ravine, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$11,423,716 (USA) (17 November 2000)

Gross:

$36,779,296 (USA) (5 January 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both Tony Goldwyn (Greg) and Alex D. Linz (Scott) provided voices for Tarzan in Tarzan (1999).

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Goofs

When Abby and Buddy are in Buddy's office lobby (waiting to meet Jim for the first time), Abby's jacket collar is alternately in and out between shots.

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Quotes

Donna: But if you can't forgive him, you can't.
Abby: It's not that I can't forgive him. Do you know how I spent the night after he left? Trying to figure out if I was glad, that he didn't get on that plane. If I say I'm glad he's alive, I'm glad he found me that day, or if I lie, and I say I'm not, either way it feels like I'm doing something wrong to someone I... To both of them, to him and Greg. Being with him is like making a choice.

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Connections

Referenced in NCIS: The Curse (2003)

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Soundtracks

Central Reservation (The Then Again Version)
Written by Beth Orton
Performed by Beth Orton
Courtesy of BMG Records (UK) Ltd./Arista Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Laugh and cry formula works; smart, witty and poignant throughout

BOUNCE (2000) ***1/2 Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Morton, Natasha Henstridge, Jennifer Grey, Tony Goldwyn, Johnny Galecki, Caroline Aaron, Alex D. Linz, David Dorfman. Excellent romantic drama tinged with equal parts tragedy and comedy with Affleck (in one of his best roles to date) as a charming alcoholic ad exec who sobers up after a year of harboring a guilt-plagued secret: - giving his plane ticket to family man Goldwyn en route home only to die in a plane crash killing all aboard – and seeking out the widow to make amends. What he doesn't count on is falling in love with her and the circumstances hovering their impending romance.

Paltrow has never been finer and succeeds in making her character not a victim but an individual coping with the harsh reality of raising her boys by herself and coming to terms with loving again. Written and directed by Don Roos (the script is smart, witty and poignant throughout with characters that feel all too real in what easily could've been manipulatively maudlin. Laugh and cry formula works and the on-again-off-again real-life relationship between the couple underscores all the emotions on full tilt.