Saddling two game actors with a tone-deaf, charmless script, the film makes recent J.Lo vehicle The Back-up Plan look like Billy Wilder in comparison.
The Rebound
She's still got it. He's just getting it.
2009 · 1h 35m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Bart Freundlich
Overview
Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny, and it isn't long until Aram and Sandy find out they get along wonderfully and start to date. But is their relationship real or is it, in fact, just a rebound for both of them?
Director and cast
- Bart Freundlich Director
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Sandy
- Justin Bartha as Aram Finklestein
- Art Garfunkel as Harry Finklestein
- Joanna Gleason as Roberta Finklestein
- Lynn Whitfield as Laura Reilly
- Kelly Gould as Sadie (Age 9)
- Andrew Cherry as Frank Jr. (Age 7)
- Kate Jennings Grant as Daphne
- Rob Kerkovich as Mitch
- John Schneider as Trevor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The romantic trials of two wealthy, good-looking people, whose only barriers to happiness are their own petty insecurities, become tedious, and it's not helped by some stilted dialogue and awkward, mannered performances.
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