By not trying too hard, this remake of a dumb movie has got spring in its step. The bounce is on us.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
It gets wackier as it goes, starting with Charlie Sheen cast against type as a guy who's getting no sex and turns down the chance. Bebe Neuwirth has some funny scenes as a lush.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
There's some entertainment value, but the production as a whole is unfocused.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
The usual double-crosses and convolutions ensue, but the narrative is so haphazard that the whole thing -- both the caper and the movie that contains it -- seems to have been hastily improvised.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie doesn't work. It meanders and drifts and riffs.Read Full Review »
50
Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Doesn't take itself seriously, and that's a good thing.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Amy Taubin
The best Elmore Leonard adaptations ("Jackie Brown," "Out of Sight") play behind the beat, and although The Big Bounce isn't top-shelf Dutch, the film finds its own pace.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
The first half-hour or so of this caper comedy, which is based on an Elmore Leonard crime novel, goes down like a strawberry daiquiri with a little umbrella.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Charles Taylor
The movie is a garage-sale conglomeration of anecdotes and oddballs.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Manohla Dargis
There may once have been a real movie rattling inside the empty studio package known as The Big Bounce, but no longer.Read Full Review »
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