Rotten
Newcomer Foster cites Lauren Bacall as a precursor, but her ingenue fatale is more like a lost Olsen triplet.
Benjamin Strong, Village Voice
The Big Bounce
It's all in who you trust
2004 · 1h 28m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
George Armitage
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The Big Bounce
Overview
A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischievous, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.
Director and cast
- George Armitage Director
- Owen Wilson as Jack Ryan
- Morgan Freeman as Walter Crewes
- Gary Sinise as Ray Ritchie
- Sara Foster as Nancy Hayes
- Willie Nelson as Joe Lurie
- Vinnie Jones as Lou Harris
- Bebe Neuwirth as Alison Ritchie
- Charlie Sheen as Bob Rogers, Jr.
- Harry Dean Stanton as Bob Rogers, Sr.
- Andrew Wilson as Officer Ned Coleman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
16%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Everything here is too mild, too sloppy.
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Rotten
The story has been so poked and prodded and spun around it barely knows how to end.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Boring, unsexy, styleless, sluggish and physically ugly.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
Insipid potboiler set against the far more enticing surf and sand of Oahu's North Shore.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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