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The Big Bounce

Play trailer Poster for The Big Bounce PG-13 2004 1h 29m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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16% Tomatometer 134 Reviews 24% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Beach bum and petty criminal Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) gets into a fight while working at a construction site owned by corrupt developer Ray Ritchie (Gary Sinise). The cops want him out of Hawaii, but shifty judge Walter Crewes (Morgan Freeman) intervenes and hires Jack to work odd jobs at a string of beach bungalows. Jack then encounters Nancy Hayes (Sara Foster), Ritchie's beautiful but dangerous mistress, who draws him into a plot to rob Ritchie of a fortune.
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Critics Consensus

Lazily crafted and light on substance, The Big Bounce takes few chances and strands its promising cast in a subpar adaptation that fails to do its source material justice.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/28/2010
2/5
Missing: this movie's plot. Go to Full Review Simon Braund Empire Magazine 05/14/2004
3/5
It's sexy, offbeat fun for the most part, but it's way too laid-back for its own good and, in the end, obstinately refuses to be anything more than the sum of its highly promising parts. Go to Full Review Ed Gonzalez City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul 02/05/2004
Best approached as a Come to Hawaii advertisement with a wisecracking Wilson as your happy tour guide. Go to Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review 08/07/2008
1/5
Betsy Bozdech DVDJournal.com 10/29/2006
2/4
The main flaw ... is that it never really seems to get going; like laid-back 'hero' Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson), the movie seems happy to drift along and just see what happens. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
2/5
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Gary B @RT79379816 01/05/2025 Funny movie I'm patiala to owen See more 04/10/2022 The worst acting ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL. See more steve d @RT35616104 06/28/2020 Should have been called the Big Flop. Not a single laugh to be had, and a terrible script. See more 01/30/2016 Smart and funny. Some of Owen Wilson's best work. See more 09/21/2015 I can't believe I'm rating a movie with such talented actor/ess in it so low but this movie didn't utilize their talents IMO to their full potential. The attempt at a twist in the plot of the story was weak and too predictable. I enjoyed it but I believe it could've been better See more 07/23/2015 Maybe it's my larcenous heart and weakness for hot chicks in bikinis, but I liked this movie a lot more than most of the people posting reviews. How can you not like a domino game featuring Morgan Freeman, Harry Dean Stanton, and Willie Nelson? The plot meanders as pleasantly as a slack-key guitar recital with a pay-off as gentle as a trade breeze through palm trees. Mahalo. See more Read all reviews
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George Armitage

Director

Owen Wilson

Jack Ryan

Morgan Freeman

Walter Crewes

Gary Sinise

Ray Ritchie

Sara Foster

Nancy Hayes

Willie Nelson

Joe Lurie

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The Big Bounce

OWEN WILSON (left) and MORGAN FREEMAN in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. OWEN WILSON and SARA FOSTER in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," also starring Morgan Freeman, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. MORGAN FREEMAN in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," also starring Owen Wilson, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. SARA FOSTER in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," starring Owen Wilson and Morgan Freeman, distributed by Warner Bros. CHARLIE SHEEN, MORGAN FREEMAN and OWEN WILSON in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. OWEN WILSON and SARA FOSTER in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," also starring Morgan Freeman, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. HARRY DEAN STANTON, WILLIE NELSON, OWEN WILSON and MORGAN FREEMAN in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. SARA FOSTER and OWEN WILSON in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," also starring Morgan Freeman, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. SARA FOSTER and OWEN WILSON in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," also starring Morgan Freeman, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. SARA FOSTER, GARY SINISE and CHARLIE SHEEN in Shangri-La Entertainment's "The Big Bounce," starring Owen Wilson and Morgan Freeman, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Beach bum and petty criminal Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) gets into a fight while working at a construction site owned by corrupt developer Ray Ritchie (Gary Sinise). The cops want him out of Hawaii, but shifty judge Walter Crewes (Morgan Freeman) intervenes and hires Jack to work odd jobs at a string of beach bungalows. Jack then encounters Nancy Hayes (Sara Foster), Ritchie's beautiful but dangerous mistress, who draws him into a plot to rob Ritchie of a fortune.
Director
George Armitage
Producer
Jorge Saralegui, George Armitage, Steve Bing
Screenwriter
George Armitage, Sebastian Gutierrez, Elmore Leonard
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Shangri-La Entertainment
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 29, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.5M
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)