Bounce 2000

Critics score:
52 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Ebert & Roeper: Read more

Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News: Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: The script by Don Roos, who also directed, makes good use of the dramatic irony. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: The time has come for unsparing truths: Has there ever been a duller Hollywood duo than Ben & Gwyn? Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Roos has taken a far-fetched and soapy story about tragic fate and redemptive second chances and made it seem not only plausible, but worthy of serious discussion. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: This touching, finely wrought bowl of suds is a seamless piece of work. Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: As a director, [Roos] brings a keen eye for character and nuance to his writer-side's lapses. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: About as moving as a month-old Kleenex. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: By letting star power and commercial considerations warp good storytelling judgment, Roos has shortchanged his own movie, not to mention the audience. Read more

Paul Tatara, CNN.com: What a lingering, contrived, lukewarm mess this is. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: A mopey romantic contrivance, with a touch of strained comedy, that maybe is slightly better than last year's Random Hearts but still tedious. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A romantic drama of lovely, modest, and all too rare understatement. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Two movies in one -- lively when people are talking, lame when things are happening. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: [Paltrow and Affleck] are very attractive people but don't give the impression they've ever lost anything other than their way to an Oscar after-party. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Don Roos' dialogue is a cut above the norm. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I wanted [Buddy and Abby] to become lovers, which means they sold me on themselves. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: 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. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: The movie never really works because it's hard to root for a screen romance when one of the actors is stiff and unsympathetic. Read more

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Todd McCarthy, Variety: Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: It's a love story, yes, but one whose sweetness is cut by honest performances, a sharply drawn supporting cast and a fairly serious, yet never self-pitying, tone. Read more