Terrible Beachy Score for a Neo Noir ruled by Leigh Taylor-Young

Is she a nutty thrill-seeker or is she setting him up?

Accurate portrait of a sexually abused young woman going mad

Morgan Freeman, Charlie Sheen, Gary Sinise, Vinnie Jones, Owen Wilson, and Sara Foster in The Big Bounce (2004)

Peter Sellers and Leigh Taylor-Young in I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)

Jacqueline Bisset and Ryan O'Neal in The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)

Candice Bergen, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, George Segal, and Dar Robinson in Stick (1985)

David Caruso and Marg Helgenberger in Gold Coast (1997)

Nancy, the senator has taken a liking to you.

And just what am I supposed to do about that?

That's your business, sweetie. I'm in produce.

Van Heflin and Ryan O'Neal in The Big Bounce (1969)

Ryan O'Neal and Leigh Taylor-Young in The Big Bounce (1969)

Ryan O&apos;Neal

Leigh Taylor-Young

Van Heflin

Elmore Leonard

Robert Dozier

A Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm. But who is playing who?

Alex March

The Big Bounce

&quot;Elmore Leonard called this adaptation of his book &quot;an awful movie&quot;...IMDB Trivia.

&quot;The Big Bounce&quot; is Ryan O&apos;Neal&apos;s first theatrical film. I saw it mostly because one of the supporting actors is Van Heflin...a darn fine actor from Hollywood&apos;s golden age.

Jack (O&apos;Neal) is a guy who&apos;s drifted since being discharged from the Army. He also is a guy with a criminal record for Burglary and Assault. Perhaps this is why Nancy (Leigh Taylor-Young) is so smitten with him. Regardless, she takes her clothes off OFTEN to get the drooling Jack to do what she wants. Now he protests a lot...but off come her clothes and he complies. This leads to complications, such as when she runs a dune buggy off the road (possibly killing the occupants) for kicks. She also proposes he help her with a robbery...one that will be &apos;fun&apos;. And, once again, he agrees to go along with this flaky lady...and you assume it&apos;s because of her super-powers of persuasion...in other words, her hot bod. What&apos;s next? See the film yourself and find out.

In some ways this is a tough movie for some to watch. After all, there are not &apos;good guys&apos; in the film. But it is a mildly interesting character study of a woman who appears to have a Borderline Personality with strong Antisocial features (I used to diagnose folks when I was a therapist and this one is right or at least close!).

You probably noticed the quote from IMDB where the writer calls this an awful film. Obviously he wasn&apos;t thrilled with it. I didn&apos;t think it was terrible, though a few of the characters and plots are WAY underdeveloped...especially the one involving Lee Grant and her onscreen daughter. It&apos;s almost criminally underdeveloped and it really doesn&apos;t work well...as if they edited out most of this plot but forgot to edit out it all. But as far as the plot involving Young, it is compelling. After all, you wonder....is she some nutty thrill-seeker or is she setting him up? Neither one is good...and possibly the nutty thrill-seeker angle is worse considering how extreme her behaviors are! I liked but didn&apos;t love the film...and think it&apos;s worth a look.

By the way, this film has a significant amount of nudity. You might not want to show it to your kids or your mom or Father O&apos;Reilly.

"Elmore Leonard called this adaptation of his book "an awful movie"...IMDB Trivia.

"The Big Bounce" is Ryan O'Neal's first theatrical film. I saw it mostly because one of the supporting actors is Van Heflin...a darn fine actor from Hollywood's golden age.

Jack (O'Neal) is a guy who's drifted since being discharged from the Army. He also is a guy with a criminal record for Burglary and Assault. Perhaps this is why Nancy (Leigh Taylor-Young) is so smitten with him. Regardless, she takes her clothes off OFTEN to get the drooling Jack to do what she wants. Now he protests a lot...but off come her clothes and he complies. This leads to complications, such as when she runs a dune buggy off the road (possibly killing the occupants) for kicks. She also proposes he help her with a robbery...one that will be 'fun'. And, once again, he agrees to go along with this flaky lady...and you assume it's because of her super-powers of persuasion...in other words, her hot bod. What's next? See the film yourself and find out.

In some ways this is a tough movie for some to watch. After all, there are not 'good guys' in the film. But it is a mildly interesting character study of a woman who appears to have a Borderline Personality with strong Antisocial features (I used to diagnose folks when I was a therapist and this one is right or at least close!).

You probably noticed the quote from IMDB where the writer calls this an awful film. Obviously he wasn't thrilled with it. I didn't think it was terrible, though a few of the characters and plots are WAY underdeveloped...especially the one involving Lee Grant and her onscreen daughter. It's almost criminally underdeveloped and it really doesn't work well...as if they edited out most of this plot but forgot to edit out it all. But as far as the plot involving Young, it is compelling. After all, you wonder....is she some nutty thrill-seeker or is she setting him up? Neither one is good...and possibly the nutty thrill-seeker angle is worse considering how extreme her behaviors are! I liked but didn't love the film...and think it's worth a look.

By the way, this film has a significant amount of nudity. You might not want to show it to your kids or your mom or Father O'Reilly.

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