It is human nature to plan your life for years to come, imagine what your life will be like in the future and look with special hope at the future, but as the saying goes, “Man proposes, but God disposes.” It is not always human to know and confidently declare what your life will be like. Including what awaits you at the next turn of fate.
Perhaps this film directed by Don Rus may seem like an ordinary romantic melodrama, but in fact it turns out to be much deeper than one could imagine. In many ways, due to the tragedy of the lives of hundreds of people killed in a car accident, which is laid as a foundation for the slowly but confidently developing love of the two main characters on the screen.
At the same time, fully reflecting how much a person’s life can change dramatically and overnight. The usual meeting of strangers at the airport. The usual gesture of goodwill and first aid, but the terrible consequences, which could not predict absolutely no one. But is that really the case, or is this tragedy the starting point for something much more beautiful? Along the way, making the viewer think about how even the smallest action can change the lives of several people at once.
Throughout the film, the director of Don Rus not only tells the story and makes a film, but literally looks into the soul of the viewer. Hence, it is not surprising that when viewing the picture you are willingly imbued with a beautiful, vital, romantic and at the same time touching and sad atmosphere of the picture. It reflects the moments that truly resonate in the hearts of the audience.
Having not yet had time to take place as a talented director, to obscurate outwardly and try on the costume of the Dark Knight of Gotham, quite green Ben Affleck played very, very good. His hero is far from ideal and has a considerable number of shortcomings and such a vital approach to the image can not but please. Before us, an ordinary person, and an ordinary person to imbue with sympathy and understanding is much easier. Very natural, cute and good Gwyneth Paltrow, who managed to create a very pleasant and lifelike image on the screen. In fact, I even liked her game. Although the acting abilities of Paltrow I always treated very cool.
8 out of 10
Alien ticket is a very beautiful, romantic, vital and at the same time touching and sad film. More than just another romantic melodrama. Something much deeper than it seems at first glance.
Nice and pleasant melodrama, with beautiful heroes. Young Affleck and his then inherent role as a handsome man, as Carloson said, in the prime of life, popular with women. Peltrow is incredibly and even slightly painfully thin, constantly with different shades of hair. They made a good screen pair.
The film will not hold back much intrigue, but in rewinding you do not try to watch it, albeit sometimes dialogues and boring, and emotions squeezed out of your finger, but this is a melodrama, you should not expect the twisting and lightning of the plot, everything is calm and quiet, children, a big house, a dog, something reminded the Girl from Jersey with the same Affleck.
Together with the cast and the romantic soundtrack turned out to be a great movie, I probably will not watch it a second time, but I definitely do not regret the time spent.
5 out of 10
I would not say that melodramas “in paperback” are my favorite genre, but, what a sin to hide, they do not cause me righteous anger either. As a child, we all love fairy tales about fabulous thirtieth kingdoms, and some adults enjoy watching melodramas with the same invented better worlds and unrealistically sweet characters. As I've always said, it's important to understand that if you come to Burger King, looking for a gazpaccio with a chorizo on the menu is at least silly. So I started Bounce and I knew I was going to eat a burger.
The burger was delicious enough. Sufficiently edible ingredients in the form of Afleck and Paltrow, flooded with a predictable but delicious plot. Although ... perhaps too sweet. The screen characters turned out to be too candied, not deep, and the development of the event lacked more drama. Even the emotional torment and suffering of the heroes looked some exemplary, not causing any sympathy, not like a lump in the throat. Of course, the empathy of the average viewer should be regretted, or maybe the movie will not like!
And yet the film has one interesting feature - charm. Largely due to the already mentioned in vain Afleck and Paltrow. They're just nice to see. But if they were actors, and not just pretty on-screen faces, it would be... a completely different movie. And so -- burger.
My association with this film is with the word “nice.” This is really a very pleasant movie with pleasant actors, an interesting dramatic plot, an overabundance of sad feelings, a real beautiful drama.
The film itself is monotonous, there are no moments that make you cry, cry, worry. Everything is very simple, of course, and nevertheless not boring, the situation is dramatic from the very beginning, so those who like deep sad films and are tuned to such a wave, or at least just like and know how to think and feel - welcome to watch.
I really like the actor Ben Affleck. I have watched movies with him since childhood, always to the point. Of course, a talented person and just a spectacular man who is pleasant to look at. Gwyneth Paltrow - cute, natural and smiling, pleasing to the eye. The main characters are wonderful.
It’s always warm and good to watch something like that. Of course, it is pleasant when people change for the better, they finally manage to love, live according to conscience, think not only about themselves. There is so little truth left in people today.
This movie is something native to me, as if you get a piece of kindness after watching. Thank you.
I think in the opinion of many directors it is enough to take some tragedy of life, add a little love and voila! The audience is delighted!
Most people are afraid to say they didn’t like it. Because it will look as if you are callous, as if you are not hooked by someone else’s trouble.
However, in my opinion, it is necessary to separate the actual trouble and how the film was made about it. This one is poorly shot (although the tragedy is certainly very sad).
And besides the tragedy in the film there is a very indistinct love line, a cheerful widow who willingly starts a new romance just a year after the death of her adored husband, a man who struck up a relationship with her more out of guilt than special love, and all this against the background of completely unconvincing spiritual suffering of the main characters.
What Buddy and Abby want from life do not know, it seems that even they themselves, alternately blaming others, then circumstances, then themselves, while not even trying to understand their feelings, they are much more like young children than the actual children of Abby, who just the opposite look quite adult.
In general, you can watch this movie if you really need something to take your free time, and nothing more worthwhile at hand. And also if you are a fan of the cast.
The review was promising. I was happy to watch a good melodrama with elements of tragedy and, of course, happy ending. Well, names like Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck were tuned to the desired wave. I was too positive... and disappointed. Say what you want, but we've seen better movies. And such that it takes by the soul, and that tears from the eyes, and that after watching you want to press your loved one to yourself and say that you love very much. It doesn't make sense here!
Young Don Juan and talented advertising agent Buddy meets Greg at the airport, flights are delayed, and Greg rushes to his family, on the nose of Christmas. In a rush, Buddy gives his ticket to Greg, but not in a fit of kindness, but in an impulse to sleep with a new acquaintance of Mimi, until she flew to Dallas. The plane with Greg crashes... Buddy suffers and begins to drink, then he is cured and, trying to atone for the sins of the past, meets Abby - Greg's wife.
Oh, how beautiful everything could be shown. And laughter and tears and love... But something was missing all the time! Dialogues are dry and boring, experiences and feelings are revealed weakly, everything is banal. On the one hand, everything looks quite vital - ridiculous conversations of the characters, their awkwardness, tightness, clumsiness. But on the other hand, the viewer wants romance and beauty! Quite a bit needed to add brightness, liveliness, games of colors, more emotions.
Well, it's not enough! If it were not for the actors and the most beautiful soundtrack, I would have sent the film into the trash and forgotten. And so