Thursday, October 05, 2006

Movie review - "Bounce" (2001) **

Bounce was a Don Roos film, a follow up to The Opposite of Sex. Classic third act problem: first act, Ben Affleck gives up his seat on a plane to a guy - the plane crashes. Act two - Ben feels bad about the guy's wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) being widowed, so he arranges her to act as an agent for a sale of a building - only she likes him and asks him out; they fall in love. Third act - well, the secret's going to come out. He gave him his seat for her husband. And there it is - OH MY GOD HE GAVE UP HIS SEAT! That's not enough. OK he liked OK it's a bit creepy, but it's not enough for a third act. Some lovely acting and dialogue and all that, full of charm, but it was two thirds of a film.

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