5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Bounce (2000)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.5
Overview
Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a pretty Dallas businesswoman. When the plane goes down, killing all aboard, Buddy's guilt soon turns into an alcohol problem. As part of his 12-step program, Buddy seeks atonement and decides to seek out the woman he thinks he's left a widow.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a pretty Dallas businesswoman. When the plane goes down, killing all aboard, Buddy's guilt soon turns into an alcohol problem. As part of his 12-step program, Buddy seeks atonement and decides to seek out the woman he thinks he's left a widow.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter of grief, guilt, and the search for love and forgiveness is inherently apolitical, and its resolution through personal connection and emotional healing lacks any discernible ideological agenda.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast without intentional race or gender swaps of traditional roles. Its narrative centers on themes of grief and romance, offering no critique of traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Bounce is a romantic drama centered on a heterosexual couple and their journey through grief and new love. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The film 'Bounce' is a romantic drama focusing on cisgender characters and their relationships. It does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes related to transsexual identity, resulting in no depiction.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Bounce is an original romantic drama film from 2000. It is not an adaptation, biopic, or reboot, meaning all its characters were created for this specific movie. Therefore, no character had a pre-established canonical or historical gender to be swapped from.
Bounce is an original film, not an adaptation of existing material or a biopic. Therefore, its characters have no prior canonical or historical racial establishment to be altered, meaning no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.8
5.8
Critic Ratings
5.2
5.2
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