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Bounce
- Director: Don Roos
- Writer: Don Roos
- Producer: Michael Besman; Alan C. Blomquist
CGiii Comment
There's a minor meddling gay character in an otherwise run-of-the-mill romantic comedy.
Mr Roos is definitely a hit-or-miss director. And, this being another Affleck miss - he certainly knows how not to choose a script.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
Ben Affleck as Buddy Amaral;
Gwyneth Paltrow as Abby Janello;
Natasha Henstridge as Mimi Prager;
Edward Edwards as Ron Wachter;
Jennifer Grey as Janice Guerrero;
Tony Goldwyn as Greg Janello;
Lisa Carpenter-Prewitt as Carol Wilson;
Lisa Joyner as T.V. Announcer;
Richard Saxton as CNN Reporter;
Caroline Aaron as Donna;
David Dorfman as Joey Janello;
Alex D. Linz as Scott Janello;
Juan Garcia as Kevin Walters;
Mary Ellen Lyon as Ellen Seitz;
Joe Morton as Jim Willer