The Rebound (2009)

In New York City, a single mom captivates her new neighbor, a much younger man.

Director:

Bart Freundlich

Writer:

Bart Freundlich

Stars:

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Andrew Cherry

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Sandy
Justin Bartha	...	Aram Finklestein
Andrew Cherry	...	Frank Jr. - age 7
Kelly Gould	...	Sadie - age 9
Lynn Whitfield	...	Laura Reilly
Kate Jennings Grant	...	Daphne
Rob Kerkovich	...	Mitch
Sam Robards	...	Frank
John Schneider	...	Trevor
Joanna Gleason	...	Roberta Finklestein
Art Garfunkel	...	Harry Finklestein
Stephanie Szostak	...	Alice Marnier
Marcel Simoneau	...	Henri
Eliza Callahan	...	Sadie - age 13 (as Eliza Barry Callahan)
Rehan Yadav	...	Zeke Finklestein - age 5

Storyline

Sandy, upon discovering her husband's infidelity while watching her son's birthday video, leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. She gets an apartment that's above a coffee house where she befriends one of the workers, Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Aram's family thinks he's wasting his life and education by working in the coffee house. Soon after moving into the apartment, Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny while she takes on work for the first time since her children where born. It isn't long when Aram and Sandy find they get along wonderfully and start to date. But the question is: is their relationship real or is it, in fact, just a rebound for both of them?

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Plot Keywords:

coffee shop | ex husband ex wife relationship | home video | sex on a couch | restaurant | 

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Taglines:

She's still got it. He's just getting it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] Official site [jp] (Japanese)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2009 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Untitled Bart Freundlich Project

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£360,015 (UK) (23 July 2010)

Gross:

£1,123,719 (UK) (6 August 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Department, The, Process Productions, A&F Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 97 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Joanna Gleason''s character Roberta refer's to previously being employed at Ralph Lauren. A reference to her part in the TV show, Friends in which she played Rachael's boss at Ralph Lauren.

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Goofs

When Aram is bowling with Frank Jr. and Sadie, the scores are shown briefly. The score for Aram in the fourth frame should be 66 but it shows 65.

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Quotes

Sandy: Someone like you shouldn't be with someone like me. An old girlfriend with two kids.
Aram Finklestein: You're an ageist.

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Connections

References Top Gun (1986)

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Soundtracks

"When It Rains I'm Yours"
Written by Jeff Meegan (as Jeffrey S. Meegan) and Brad Hatfield

User Reviews

Fun & Frantic 95 minutes of comedy

Okay well as a guy who for many years now has dated and been with older women I just had to go and watch this film. Not only does it star two great actors, Catharine Zeta Zones and Justin Barber but there are also two amazing young kids that add to the humour and inspiration behind the story. As you can tell from the films trailer it's about a lad who is in his early 20's and becomes attracted to a newly separated woman in her late 40's. There are many websites and viewers that have tried slating this film but personally I think that's just down to the way the public look at older younger relationships. For a comedy film based around the term older younger relationship it was very funny and reminded me a lot of the 80's comedy films from John Hughes, go watch this film if you're after a fun and frantic 95mins of comedy.