The Big Bounce (2004)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Dreadfully Boring

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

When I saw this movie I hadn't heard much about it, and if I had heard something, I might not have seen it. That wouldn't have been such a bad thing!There are some good actors in this movie (Freeman and Sinise), unfortunately we don't see them much. Then there are a couple of semi-good actors (Sara Foster, Charlie Sheen) and we see much too much of them. Then there are a couple of "underdogs", actors that we don't expect a lot from, and we don't see them much either (willie Nelson, Vinnie Jones) and that's a shame because they actually deliver some of the movies funniest and/or most credible performances.What about Owen Wilson you ask? Well, he's Owen Wilson, just the way he is Owen Wilson in a lot of other not so good movies that have only reached large audiences because of his name (Drilbit Taylor; You, Me and Dupree; Marley and Me). No, don't get me wrong, he's not bad, he's almost never bad, but he's just not that good either.And then what about the plot? To be perfectly honest I think that there might just have been enough plot for about 45 minutes, tops, and that might actually have improved the movie, which is unbearably slow paced at times and not at all the LOL-comedy it tries to be!So no, when you ask me so directly I have to say that I would not recommend it unless you want a perfectly harmless movie with so little plot that you can make out with a boy- or girlfriend half the time and not miss much...

It's movies like this that give modern-day films a reputation as "garbage," especially among classic-film lovers. I try to defend today's movies to them when they tell me today's movies are all morally bankrupt. Well, in this case, I have no rebuttal. I agree, this is another example of a modern effort that puts too much stock on the sleaze and winds up on the weak side of being classy. It's also another good example of a PG-13 movie that should have been rated "R." There are tons of examples of that in the last 15 years. Parents: be more leery of PG-13 than another rating. Usually, a movie that features crime and comedy is going to be either really good or really bad, depending on the quality of the jokes. Here, very little was funny and by halfway, I could care less about the crime angle. If you are to inject humor into a heist story, make sure it works, or you are going to wind up with a mess like this. Also, the movie seemed to be more of an environmental propaganda piece than anything else. Did Al Gore have a hand in this? It would explain how boring this wound up and all the bias. It just looks as if the filmmakers didn't know what direction go to and wound up with a sub-par performance in all the categories.Owen Wilson plays a smart-ass surfer dude. If his character "Jack Ryan" is the hero of this film, it's no wonder I got turned off in a hurry. I didn't find him a "likable guy," as some others did: just a wise guy who had the cute answers to everything. I have found Wilson to be similar to the crime-comedy genre: he's either very entertaining or very annoying.Speaking of actors, I was very disappointed to see two of my favorites - Gary Sinise and Morgan Freeman - involved with this turkey.I don't blame Wilson for everything. He didn't write the dialog. He didn't cast Sara Foster as the lead female. He didn't write a screenplay in which none of the characters are likable enough for us to care about them. At least I have company as I see most other reviewers here thought this movie stunk, too.

You can totally give this movie a miss, and would not of missed anything exciting, for even the most solid Morgan Freeman or Owen Wilson fans, There's absolutely nothing going on in this film. The humours boring, and Dull, the stuff thats suppose to make you laugh just makes the film more un-enjoyable! Completely Un-funny, and Completely boring! Vinnie Jones even gets BAT-tered by Owen Wilson! if thats not enough to go by, and put u off, i don't know what is! but on a bright note, It's always great to see Morgan Freeman, he has no need to do dull projects like this. As we all know Owen Wilson has his own unique style of humour, thats the main reason why we like him, i find him extremely funny normally but even understanding that, this still sucked! you were hoping a giant shark would jump out of the sea and eat the set, least that would've been amusing. But the best part of the film is, watching Sara Foster's sexy body! she's really fit, and not a bad actress either!Only buy this, if it's being given away!And watch the last 10 minutes, no need for the other 75mins.

I expected nothing from this movie and even though i got nothing somehow i never really got bored in this movie.The more i think i about it the more surprised i am, i mean this movie may have 2 or maybe 3 laughable scenes and maybe another 5 or 10 smiling scenes, and even then i never really got bored. The only reason i can think of for this happening is that I really really liked Sara Foster ( I know its shallow reason to give this movie a 5 but its true i felt i could keep looking at her and if i don't get bored in a movie its unfair if i give it a lesser rating.The only part i really liked about this movie is the ending and i mean the absolute ending.All in all a time pass movie that you can watch if you like Sara (ive never seen her before) or have nothing better to do. p.s Please do not watch it with female company they'll eat your brains.