Sandy, a recently divorced housewife and mother of two, moves to New York City with them to start over, where she meets 20-something Aram, who helps her start over.
The film was released in theaters in several countries in late 2009. It was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on 25 December 2010, but was cancelled due to the film's distributor shutting down. It ended up going direct-to-DVD in the United States on 7 February 2012.
Plot
Housewife and mother of two Sandy discovers that her husband Frank has been unfaithful when reviewing video files from her son Frank jr's birthday party. After a hasty divorce, she moves to New York City with her young son and daughter. There, they begin a new life.
Sandy rents an apartment above a coffee house and befriends one of the baristas, Aram Finklestein. At 25, Aram is unsure what he wants to do with his life, having just separated from a French woman who married him for a green card. Despite having a college degree he is aimless and still lives at home, so his parents convince him to get a second job at a women's center.
As Sandy had a lot of free time as a housewife, she compiled multiple binders of statistics of sports teams for fantasy football. Bringing them to a job interview for a sports TV channel, she easily gets a fact-checker job.
During a self-defense class at the women's center where Aram plays the perpetrator, Sandy unleashes an "ocean of anger" on him. The next day, she goes to the coffeeshop to apologize, asking him to babysit her kids. He becomes a full-time nanny for the family and develops a close-knit relationship with the children. Also, a chemistry starts to brew between Aram and Sandy, ensuing in an awkward sexual encounter, which the children come to know about.
Notwithstanding, they start to date; and, after two months, they seem perfect together. One day, Sandy feels nauseated and suspects she is pregnant. Aram is thrilled and looks forward to raising a child with her. A doctor confirms she is pregnant, but it is an ectopic pregnancy, so will result in a miscarriage.
As they leave the doctor, a fight breaks out between Aram and Sandy, with the latter confirming that she thinks it is ludicrous that they, with a 15 year age difference, would ever be happy together. After the break up, Aram decides to travel the world and experience new things. Sandy is promoted at her sports news job to anchor.
After five years, the two meet again in a chance encounter at a Chinese restaurant. Aram reveals he has adopted a young boy from Bangladesh and is still single. Sandy, who is celebrating another promotion with her children and a colleague, invites Aram and his family to join them.
The film ends as the two hold hands underneath the table whilst their children start to bond, implying that they went on to rekindle their relationship.
This was Alice Playten's last role before her death in 2011.
Reception
Critical response
The Rebound received generally negative reviews from film critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 42% based on reviews from 24 critics, with 10 positive reviews and 14 negative.
Jon Frosch, said: "Saddling two game actors with a tone-deaf, charmless script, the film makes recent J.Lo vehicle The Back-up Plan look like Billy Wilder in comparison." Alex Zane said: "These are characters who seem very real. It's their imperfections, not contrived plot points, that drive the story."[citation needed]
Box office
The film grossed $21,790,414 worldwide.
References
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