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 | |
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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 | |
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Juan Garcia | ... | Kevin Walters (as Juan García) |
Mary Ellen Lyon | ... | Ellen Seitz | |
Joe Morton | ... | Jim Willer |
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. Written by Tony B
Why, why, why did Jennifer Grey have to go and get a nose job? I hardly recognized her in this movie. IMHO, she looked rather attractive just the way she was.
OK, having got that off my chest, I am one of those who like Bounce, despite Affleck's limitations as an actor and the somewhat predictable plot. A bittersweet, tender romance movie is not really meant to move mountains artistically, nor should it be expected to. But this one does draw you in, emotionally, for better or for worse. Case in point: Look at all the IMDb comments posted on it! And as for those who would have liked more sizzle in the romance between Affleck and Paltrow, remember, this is a film that also has the death of Abby's husband as its constant backdrop, hence, the film's rather understated treatment of their romance, I think.