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Summary: Irresistible Forces
Review: This is a really entertaining movie about two people who by fate are put together, they are completely different. One is a free spirit who lives by the codes of her own rules (Sarah, played by Sandra Bullock), and the other is a man who is about to get married and plays by the rules and basically fears change (Ben, played by Ben Affleck). Ben and Sarah are on a flight on its way to Savannah, but the plane has an accident. Ben is on his way to a wedding, and Sarah has to go to Savannah to claim $25 grand by selling a donut shops she owns. They hitch a ride in a rental car with a guy named Vic who smokes pot, and they are later caught and held, eventually released. Other events occur, such as them hitcing a ride with a real estate bus, pretending to be married so they can find their way down to Savannah. She lies about them being married, and him being a doctor. Of course they spar heads a few times, he is uneasy with her carefree attitude and she wants him to live a little more. Their lies catch up with them and put them in compromising positions, prompting Ben to strip in a gay bar for money to buy a car, so they can leave this town before they are arrested for fraud and not paying their motel bill. There's lots going on, and fate doesn't seem to be on their side. Ben takes this to mean he shouldn't get married, everyone gives him bad advice on marriage, and he is starting to doubt his intentions as well. We later find out Sarah is married and has a child from a previous marriage, who she had not seen in 2 years. She wants to give him the money she is after, but we find out her child was taken away from her, which is basically a sore spot for her. In the end, when Ben thinks he is going to dump his bride, he makes it and decides to marry her in Hawaii...and Sarah is reunited with her son and seems to be on the road to reconciliation with him.The movie was fun to watch, with all the twists and turns from nowhere, the road trip from hell basically. Bullock as usual is a strong addition to the cast and Affleck isn't too bad either. It's a fun romantic comedy most people will love if you are a fan of the genre.
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Summary: VERY REFRESHING AND VERY ALIVE
Review: This is a very refreshing comedy and Sandra Bullock makes it so. I think this is one of her best roles if not the best. Sandra is very alive there and very natural. The movie itself and Ben Affleck are somewhat plain but it is still funny and very entertaining, thanks to Sandra Bullock. I give 4 stars to the movie and 10 stars to Sandra Bullock.
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Summary: More awful Ben Affleck
Review: Ben cannot act. He drags down this film like every other one he has done since Goodwill Hunting. Sandy is interesting and vibrant and befuddled and confused- and she deserves a co-star who can match her.
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Summary: brave ending redeems otherwise standard fare
Review: In "Forces of Nature," Ben Affleck stars as Ben, a repressed, buttoned-up stuffed shirt writer who, through a series of natural and manmade mishaps, ends up spending the several days before his impending marriage in the company of a freespirited, totally spontaneous and liberated young woman named Sarah, played by Sandra Bullock. For the vast majority of the film's running time, the screenplay follows the conventions of the opposites-attract scenario almost slavishly. The script even provides Ben's fiancee with an overly-convenient replacement in the form of a now-hunky childhood friend she has not seen in years who rekindles sparks with her on the eve of the wedding. Thus, with the troublesome fiance conveniently out of the way, the stage is set for the predictable true love romantic finale. But, damn, if the writers don't pull the rug out from under us and shatter the time-honored cliche. This is particularly surprising because, up to now, the film has exhibited no trace of iconoclasm in either its plot or character development. In fact, the screenplay is less a full-fledged narrative than a series of photographic montage sequences strung lazily together as Ben and Sarah engage in one cutesy situation and encounter after another. Thus, the unconventionality of the resolution comes as an even more stunning surprise than it otherwise might. Affleck and Bullock are very appealing as two young people who complement each other's strengths and weaknesses and who learn to offer one another valuable life lessons. "Forces of Nature" emerges as one of those rare films that is, perhaps, actually better in retrospect than in the watching.
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Summary: A Perfect Romantic Comedy
Review: Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck are a great match, great supporting cast that includes Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn, and Blythe Danner. Masterfully directed by Bronwen Hughes, and tremendous special effects, plus a script that is a lot more thoughtful than you'd expect in a movie like this. Check out FORCES OF NATURE. Rated PG-13 for sensuality, language and a scene of drug use.
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Summary: One of sandra's best films. 16th april 2004.
Review: Ben affleck is one of my best actors, and so is sandra bullock. I really enjoyed this film,it was kind of funny on the aeroplane at the begginning of the film. The plane goes all wonky due to a bird flying into the fan of the plane. Ben hits sandra on the head with a laptop and it is so funny. It is quite unusual to other films and that was why i liked it really. HALF ROMANTIC AND BRILLLLLLLL FILM.
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Summary: Sandra! Make better films please!
Review: Yet again the talents of the wonderful Sandra Bullock are wasted in an average movie. Ben Affleck plays Ben who is on his way to his wedding but gets stuck with the kooky Sarah (Bullock) when their plane crashes. Then a manic road journey takes place as together they attempt to reach their destination. Except the journey never is that manic and the comedy is constrained somewhat by some drama elements. To give the film credit it is beautifully shot, almost to the point of distraction. Sandra is lost in dodgy make up as the wacky Sarah who serves as a temptation to uptight Ben. The fact that they inspire each other is predicatable, but the ending is not. That this film is billed as a romantic comedy is not quite accurate. It is not funny enough, there is the dramatic edge to the story that is almost more effective and the romance is not supplied in the usual way. This is the stumbling block, if the film makers had chosen which route they wanted to take this could have been an outstanding film. What we are left with instead is an enjoyable but unremarkable way to waste 90 minutes.
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Summary: Are you kidding me?
Review: Allow me to repeat myself, are you KIDDING me?! This movie starts out interestingly enough, but then takes a turn for the worst at the end. Instead of ending up with the woman who makes him feel free and alive, Ben chooses the woman with whom he has obvious "friend chemistry" to be his wife. This totally ruined the movie for me and probably for a lot of other viewers. I actually found myself waiting for another twist and a happy ending, but then the credits began to roll. How disappointing!
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Summary: Enjoyable movie--A force of enjoyment.
Review: Bullock and Affleck are terrific together. Her flirty, silly, sassy side and his crooked 'I'm a good boy and you're going to get me in trouble' thing SO works together. Why these two haven't made another flick together, I dunno. Cute premise. Predictable? Somewhat, although I thought Sandra was going to get her man. Not Oscar worthy, but worth an afternoon. Best scene in the whole movie? Ben Affleck stripping at a gay bar!
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Summary: Sandra and Affleck... Ben Affleck rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: My cuban nanny rented this movie and since she was cleaning never had a chance to see it so I picked it up and thought"This is gonna be one of those Casablanca old lady boring type of movies" but I put it in the vhs of my room and just couldn't stop watching(I WAS HOOKED TO THE MOVIE) The kmart part is propably one of the best scenes along with the halarious bar scene that they did to get 150 dollars to buy a used car for their road trip. Wonderful ending. The camera man did an awesome job like the director. I think Sandra Bullock is better on comedie-romantic movies like this one and Miss Congelitality then like 28 days. Blockbuster rules because they have awesome movies.Go to blockbuster and rent Forces of Nature today!
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