Rebound (Blu-ray Review)

Jonesing for a younger man.

Another day, another lame, straight-to-video romantic comedy. The Rebound, from writer/director Bart Freundlich, was produced way
back in 2009 and got canned--in the U.S., at least--when the film's distributor folded. Now, three years later, 20th Century Fox is finally shuffling the
movie out for an obligatory Blu-ray appearance, where it might net a few sales--thanks to the less discriminating of star Catherine Zeta-Jones' fans--
before disappearing into the dusty annals of f...

Video

"Straight-to-video" may conjure up some negative picture quality connotations, but set those aside. While The Rebound is no visual
masterpiece, it does have sharp, colorful cinematography, reproduced nicely on Blu-ray by way of a 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer. The movie was shot on
35mm with what looks to be a very fine-grained film stock--even in darker scenes the grain intensity doesn't really spike much--and, as usual for 20th
Century Fox titles, there are no signs of egregious DNR

Audio

20th Century Fox has given The Rebound the now-default lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound treatment, and the mix is clear
and stable, if a bit low-energy. Of course, that's to be expected; rom-coms aren't exactly known for intense, effects-heavy sound design. The rear
channels here are limited to quiet ambience--New York street sounds, club chatter, etc.--while occasionally offering some bleeding room for a phoned-in
score by the usually awe-inspiring composer Clint Man

Supplements

The lone bonus on the disc is a series of cast and crew interviews (1080p, 24:36), in which the director and stars over-hype the story and characters.

Final Words

Three things: 1.) Catherine Zeta-Jones is indeed a hot mom, and 2.) she needs to be in more movies, but 3.) this particular one doesn't do her any
favors. The Rebound is as stale as rom-coms get--that's saying something--and while I expect these sorts of films to be formulaic, I think it's
reasonable to hope that they'll be at least entertainingly told. This one isn't, shifting tones jarringly and falling flat at every style it attempts. Diehard
Zeta-Jones fans might want to conside...

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