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Bounce

2000 · 107 min

A quiet, earnest romance weighed down by guilt and grief, where small acts of kindness and confession slowly open the way to forgiveness.

Directed by
Don Roos
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Two strangers fell in love. One knew it wasn't by chance.
Overview
Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a pretty Dallas businesswoman. When the plane goes down, killing all aboard, Buddy's guilt soon turns into an alcohol problem. As part of his 12-step program, Buddy seeks atonement and decides to seek out the woman he thinks he's left a widow.

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Directed by
Don Roos
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • love
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Don Roos
Written by
Don Roos
Starring
Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natasha Henstridge, Tony Goldwyn, Johnny Galecki, Joe Morton, Alex D. Linz, David Dorfman
Music
Dean Landon, Mychael Danna
Cinematography
Robert Elswit
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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