
The Big Bounce
2004


“A screwball comedy. Remember them?”
444 votes
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Director
Peter BogdanovichWriters
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Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$4.0M
Revenue
$66.0M
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I'm really not a fan of screwball humour, and after the first five minutes of this perfectly choreographed series of synchronised improbabilities, accompanied by a downright irritating characterisation of "Judy" by Barbra Streisand, I fully expected to hate this film. Once it's settled down, though, and Madeline Kahn gets to grips with her equally exasperating persona, I did really start to feel that geeky rock guy "Howard" (Ryan O'Neal) was completely out of his depth as these two women took hold of his life and made every effort to trash it. Right from the start, we know that there's a sub-p…
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