Do not see Bounce with Ben Awful-eck and Whine-eth Paltrow. Skims over about a half-dozen possibilities, about substance abuse, gender issues, survivor guilt, and single parenthood for example, and hews to this trite story about Ben coming into Gwyneth's life to throw monetary opportunities at her in order to make amends for her husband's death (Ben gave hubby his airplane ticket, and the predictable thing happened). She finds out, she feels betrayed, they make up and that's the movie. Probably not even a good chick flick.
In addition to exploiting the art-house audience who came to see this movie under the pretense that it was a higher form of entertainment than it is, the production also inserts a "gay neighbor" (actually Ben's office assistant, played by Johnny Galecki) as a decoy to bring alternate-lifestyles viewers into the unsuspecting crowd, when in fact his announcement that he's gay has nothing to do with the development of the story.
Interesting coincidence: I was in a screenwriting class a few years ago and the instructor gave out copies of the "coverage report" by the reader who recommended this script for production! I'd like to find it so I can get a second glimpse of what that guy was thinking. I seem to recall he was not entirely thrilled by it, but this movie is comatose.
Film should prove to be a great booster for airline ticket sales, however -- an inflight movie is one place you'd be guaranteed not to see Bounce.
In addition to exploiting the art-house audience who came to see this movie under the pretense that it was a higher form of entertainment than it is, the production also inserts a "gay neighbor" (actually Ben's office assistant, played by Johnny Galecki) as a decoy to bring alternate-lifestyles viewers into the unsuspecting crowd, when in fact his announcement that he's gay has nothing to do with the development of the story.
Interesting coincidence: I was in a screenwriting class a few years ago and the instructor gave out copies of the "coverage report" by the reader who recommended this script for production! I'd like to find it so I can get a second glimpse of what that guy was thinking. I seem to recall he was not entirely thrilled by it, but this movie is comatose.
Film should prove to be a great booster for airline ticket sales, however -- an inflight movie is one place you'd be guaranteed not to see Bounce.