
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... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirA pallid, mediocre tale that treacles its way through well-worn channels. |
| Reel.comMary Kalin-CaseyDespite some failings along the way, the film builds toward his and the actors' strengths; by its closing scenes, Bounce bounces back. |
| Matinee MagazineChuck RudolphWhat keeps it grounded is the commitment by Roos and his cast to making the emotions of the story real. |
| Screen It!Jim JudyWhile the acting and writing are good and the film hits the right emotional notes early on, after that it simply isn't that compelling or interesting. |
| Jam! MoviesBob ThompsonRoos' dialogue in Bounce is uniformly decent, but the editing, especially in the middle and the end, is jarringly rough, even disjointed. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWatching Bounce, you look at him (Affleck) and believe how much he's got at stake, and you look at Paltrow and know why. |
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachThe movie is well acted, deeply moving, and unlike some love stories, it doesn't feel forced or contrived. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanThe sort of romance that doesn't come around too oftenintelligent without being saccharine, heartfelt without being condescending. |
| Milwaukee Journal SentinelDuane DudekKleenex clutchers looking for the next Autumn in New York could do worse than apply here. |
| Norman TranscriptJim ChastainLike the ill-fated airplane at the beginning, Bounce crashes and burns early on. |