Bounce may be far from a great film, but its pleasures are consistent enough to remind you of how few movies nowadays come anywhere close to matching it in intelligence and emotional balance. Something is missing in Bounce, the muted dynamic of which calls forth a perhaps inevitably muted reaction. The unusually thoughtful dialogue and soul-searching performances make this romantic drama seem deeper than it is. Affleck and Paltrow flunk Chemistry 101. They aren't believable even as a fake couple.
Flies coach instead of first class, despite a charismatic cast.
Surprisingly tepid and soapy. There's no way out of the excruciating melodrama, and the film withers in its trap. Isn't sexy, funny, smart or fun. A pallid, mediocre tale that treacles its way through well-worn channels. So relentlessly vanilla that it never springs to life.