I just watched The Rebound and I just have to say that it was excellent. Very well written and even better was the acting. I'm tremendously impressed with Justin Bartha's performance in this movie. He was comedic and serious with perfect timing and execution; he can be totally sensuous and then be so loving with kids. Talk about well-rounded acting skills. Wow. I'm totally impressed with this movie. And Catherine Zeta Jones was, as usual, just lovely and at the same time very authentic and real-life. I laughed and cried, just amazing. I don't think this movie got the attention it deserves.I would absolutely recommend this movie to anyone who wants to watch a funny and real love story.

(Spoiler Alert)This movie is nothing more then a bunch of 3rd wave feminists garbage. Catherine-Zeta Jones character is a huge unpleasant BI___ and I can't (Spoiler Alert) blame her husband for cheating on her at all. Personally I'm sorry, but Zeta Jones looked extremely average in this film to me, and I don't know why everyone thought she was so hot in this film. Personally she looked like anyone else yeah she was attractive sure, but no better then anyone else. I don't understand what the big deal is, she was way hotter in Oceans 11 any how forget all that noise it doesn't matter. (Spoiler Alert) The whole movie is trite garbage why would such a great woman who's so empowered and independent fall for some loser? Who is in need of growing a spine and doing his own thing, what I would have recommend to him, was growing a spine moving up the oil fields and making some money and doing some hard labor, that would be the best thing for him. Not working in some coffee shop waiting for some silly woman to come along and tell him how to live. How can she tell him how to live when she doesn't even know how to live? Complete garbage and I don't care how many people this review offends.

A housewife (Zeta-Jones) is horrified to learn that her repugnant husband has cheated on her during her son's birthday party. After the divorce, Sandy and her kids relocate into the city. Things start off well when Sandy gets a job. She even hires a male nanny (Justin Bartha), whose life is in disarray as well. Things begin to get complicated when Sandy gets feelings for the nanny and her work hours get bigger. I remember seeing this on the DVD shelf at my old DVD rental store often, but I never went through with it. I'm not opposed to watching STD movies, I've seen tons of them. I'm not really sure what it was, but I never went through with renting it. Now that my video store is obsolete, I decided to finally give in and check this out. I thought it was a perfectly acceptable romantic comedy that gave me a few laughs and some smiles. This movie is unabashedly raunchy and isn't afraid to show it. Sandy's character curses like a sailor at times in front of her kids. There is also talk of "Penis", "transvestite" , among other things. We get childish fart and pooping gags as well. As likable as this movie can be at times, I wasn't fully invested in the somewhat "controversial" relationship between the two leads. It comes across as very awkward and clumsy. Zeta-Jones is beautiful and does fine as the brazen mom, but I felt emotionally distant when it came to her character. Justin Bartha has some natural charisma, but he isn't quite talented enough to pull his role off. I felt he was a tad too gullible as well. For what it was, I thought it was a decent way to pass the time. I did laugh and that's all I can really ask for. Unfortunately, the lack of chemistry between the two leads and the awkward love story hampers it. It's still well worth a watch5.7/10

Sandy (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is a very organized, type A mother who adores her two kids. However, she catches her husband in an act of infidelity on a webcam and decides to change her life in a major way. Instead of the suburbs, she moves her family into an apartment above a Manhattan coffee shop & starts a job search. Meanwhile, getting-a-divorce Aram (Justin Bartha) is a barista at the cafe, despite having a college degree, which displeases his extremely pushy parents (Art Garfunkel and Joanna Gleason). On their advice, Aram tries a part time stint at a woman's issues agency, where he has to dress up in a protected suit and let the women vent their angers on him! One of them happens to be our Sandy, naturally. All too soon, these two meet again when she returns to her department. Needing a babysitter one day, she asks Aram to help her out. The two children, a boy and a girl, adore him so before long Aram is installed as the nanny. Also, despite the decade of age difference between S and A, they have eyes for each other. Something may be approaching, in terms of a relationship, but how can it survive when it is more of a "rebound" coupling? This is a nice flick, written and directed by a respected indie filmmaker, Bart Freundlich. He himself is married to Julianna Moore, who is a few years older than her husband. Therefore, he has good insight into a May-September relationship. Zeta-Jones and Bartha, who seem an odd couple at first evaluation, give nice performances as the afflicted twosome while all other cast members do a nice job, too. Sets, costumes, and photography are likewise quite attractive. The resolution is admirable, as it strikes a balance between a ride into the sunset and an unhappy finish. The only minor criticism is that there is some salty dialogue and scenarios that won't please the G-rated crowd, so stay away from it, if this applies to you. That said, most romcom fans will like it just fine.