The Big Bounce

Name: The Big Bounce
Director: George Armitage
Released: 2004

The Run Down.

Jack Ryan, a charming but mischievous kid with a history of small cons (never nasty, as he always approaches life from the pleasant side) goes to surfers paradise Hawaii where dodgy district judge Walter Crewes enlists him to get to real big criminals. Jack finds himself teaming up in bed and thieving with Nancy Hayes, the greedy mistress of evil hotel magnate Ray Ritchie. She's a real temptress gold-digger but is about the only one without a hidden agenda . . . (IMDB)

Release Year: 2004

Source: Novel ( The Big Bounce)

Director: George Armitage

Written by: George Armitage, Steve Bing

Production: Warner Bros.

Starring: Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman

Runtime: 88 Minutes

The movie doesn't work. It meanders and drifts and riffs. There is a part of me that enjoyed its leisurely celebration of its characters. I wanted more focus, and so will you, but on TV late some night you may stumble across it and find yourself bemused for a time by the way they live their lives as if there's nothing more fun than being an Elmore Leonard character. Maybe they're right.

— Roger Ebert

The Book: The Big Bounce

Jack Ryan always wanted to play pro ball. But he couldn't hit a curveball, so he turned his attentions to less legal pursuits. A tough guy who likes walking the razor's edge, he's just met his match—and more—in Nancy. She's a rich man's plaything, seriously into thrills and risk, and together she and Jack are pure heat ready to explode. But when simple housebreaking and burglary give way to the deadly pursuit of a really big score, the stakes suddenly skyrocket. Because violence and double-crosses are the name of this game—and it's going to take every ounce of cunning Jack and Nancy possess to survive . . . each other.

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