While we re waiting for the inevitable revelation and wondering just how Buddy will excuse his way out it, things are made more complicated as his relationship with Abby s two kids grows more affectionate each day. D-Day finally arrives in the person of Mimi and her videotape of Buddy and Greg clowning around at the airport. She hands the tape off to Abby as a gesture of good will since she happened to be in the area anyway and decided to look her up. There s a courtroom scene set up for the crash victims families vs. the airline that requires Buddy s insightful testimony that takes care of that little quandary. It s very common these days for a lot of folks to lay off criticizing a film s unbelievable plot outline by simply telling other prospective viewers to overlook these details and just remember that it s only a movie.
All movies have contrivances in one form or another.
That s not only untrue, but in this case it crosses the line. To say Bounce has anything going for it other than an appealing performance by Ms. Paltrow would be too kind. The film is a star vehicle designed to garner attention solely by whose name appears on the marquee and not by anything interesting this lightweight story has to tell. My, my, let me count the ways this film just doesn t add up. Aside from trashing the script, let s get to another problem for Bounce .