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So it’s no wonder the spin on her latest romantic comedy The Rebound is that of an older woman hooking up with a much, much younger guy. It’s the natural progression of things before she gets penciled into nothing but old spinster roles.
- Bart Freundlich
- R
- Art Garfunkel
104 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Slow start, but way above expectations. spectrelives 30 March 2010. I went into the movie with low expectations. Wasn't hard, given it has been slammed by most critics and the pretentious on RottonTomatoes.
The Rebound is a light romcom where Sandy (Catherine Zeta Jones) is a beautiful, smart, suburban 40-year-old mother who discovers her husband is cheating on her and takes her two children to New York City for a fresh start.
The Rebound is mostly better than it has to be - while never stretching quite as far as it could reach. The film mines much humour from the characters' reactions alone , and some hilariously unorthodox methods in babysitting - staging American Idol in the living room, and am-dram productions of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre just prior to bedtime ...
Despite being marketed as though it is another throwaway, useless romcom money-spinner, The Rebound is not as bad as everyone probably expects. It begins unenthusiastically with a typical attention deficit credit sequence and takes some time to get going, but once it does it bounces along quite nicely, revealing itself to be a well-rounded ...
Apr 7, 2010 · While The Rebound is nowhere near as funny as Friends (duh!), it has a good stab at wry, relatable, observational comedy while exploring the pleasures and pitfalls of the May-December romance.
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Feb 7, 2012 · Written and Directed by Bart Freundilch (Catch That Kid, Trust the Man), The Rebound is light yet mature romantic comedy featuring two good performances and a decent enough story that will keep you entertained for 90-minutes. In spite of a couple of questionable scenes, I still enjoyed the movie and give it a slight recommendation.
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