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Bounce

Two strangers fell in love. One knew it wasn't by chance.

2000 · 1h 47m · PG-13 Drama, Romance
Directed by Don Roos

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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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53%
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Rotten

Two movies in one -- lively when people are talking, lame when things are happening.

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten

The most depressing date movie since Random Hearts.

Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten

Dramatic contrivances and manipulation stain a tissue-thin plot.

Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

Don Roos' dialogue is a cut above the norm.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh

A romantic drama of lovely, modest, and all too rare understatement.

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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