# The Bounce Back

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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Bounce Back
| image          = File:The Bounce Back poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = Youssef Delara
| producer       = {{Plain list|
*Ray Brown
*Amir Delara
*Youssef Delara
*Victor Teran
*[Shemar Moore](/source/Shemar_Moore) 
}}
| screenplay     = {{Plain list|
*Youssef Delara
*Staci Robinson
*Victor Teran
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|''The Bounce Back Book''|[Karen Salmansohn](/source/Karen_Salmansohn)}}
| starring       = <!-- PER POSTER -->{{Plain list|
*[Shemar Moore](/source/Shemar_Moore)
*[Nadine Velazquez](/source/Nadine_Velazquez)
*[Bill Bellamy](/source/Bill_Bellamy)
*[Sheryl Underwood](/source/Sheryl_Underwood)
*[Kali Hawk](/source/Kali_Hawk)
}}
| music          = Reza Safinia
| cinematography = Ben Kufrin
| editing        = Youssef Delara
| studio         = {{Plain list|
*Ankle Sock & Baseball Pants
*Cima Productions
}}
| distributor    = Viva Pictures Distribution
| released       = {{Film date|2016|12|09|United States}}
| runtime        = 104 minutes<ref name=BOM/>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $3 million<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldstein|first1=Gregg|title=Latest Celebrity Kickstarter Film Fumble: Shemar Moore|url=https://variety.com/2013/digital/news/shemar-moore-kickstarter-film-dud-1200488295/|website=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=27 May 2013|accessdate=2 December 2016}}</ref>
| gross          = $421,404<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thebounceback.htm |title=The Bounce Back (2016) |website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo) |publisher=[IMDb](/source/IMDb)|accessdate=December 19, 2016}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Bounce Back''''' is a 2016 American [romantic comedy](/source/romantic_comedy) film directed by Youssef Delara and is loosely inspired by ''The Bounce Back Book'' by [Karen Salmansohn](/source/Karen_Salmansohn).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-06 |title=The Bounce Back — Cinema & TV |url=https://www.awordwitharamide.com/cinema-tv/tag/The+Bounce+Back |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=A Word With Aramide |language=en-US}}</ref> The film stars [Shemar Moore](/source/Shemar_Moore), [Nadine Velazquez](/source/Nadine_Velazquez), [Bill Bellamy](/source/Bill_Bellamy), [Sheryl Underwood](/source/Sheryl_Underwood), and [Kali Hawk](/source/Kali_Hawk). Viva Pictures Distribution released the film on December 9, 2016.<ref name=BOM/>

==Plot==
Matthew Taylor ([Shemar Moore](/source/Shemar_Moore)), a father, author, and relationship expert is on a book tour promoting his new best-selling book, ''The Bounce Back''. He has everything figured out until he meets the acerbic Kristin Peralta ([Nadine Velazquez](/source/Nadine_Velazquez)), a talk show circuit therapist who is convinced that he is nothing but a charlatan. Matthew's life is turned upside down when he inadvertently falls for Kristin and faces the painful truth of his past relationship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=2016-12-10 |title=Film Review: 'The Bounce Back' |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/the-bounce-back-review-1201938264/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[Shemar Moore](/source/Shemar_Moore) as Matthew Taylor
*[Nadine Velazquez](/source/Nadine_Velazquez) as Kristin Peralta
*[Bill Bellamy](/source/Bill_Bellamy) as Terry Twist
*[Sheryl Underwood](/source/Sheryl_Underwood) as Nina
*[Kali Hawk](/source/Kali_Hawk) as Jessica Williams
*[Matthew Willig](/source/Matthew_Willig) as Vladamir
*[Michael Beach](/source/Michael_Beach) as George
*[Vanessa Bell Calloway](/source/Vanessa_Bell_Calloway) as Ellen
*Nishi Munshi as Haifa
*[Denise Boutte](/source/Denise_Boutte) as Julie
*[Megan Stevenson](/source/Megan_Stevenson) as Sarah
*[Robinne Lee](/source/Robinne_Lee) as Sam
*Nadja Alaya as Aleya Taylor

==Release==
''The Bounce Back'' was released on December 9, 2016, in the United States in 615 theaters.

===Box office===
''The Bounce Back'' was released alongside ''[Office Christmas Party](/source/Office_Christmas_Party)'' along with the wide expansions of ''[Miss Sloane](/source/Miss_Sloane)'' and ''[Nocturnal Animals](/source/Nocturnal_Animals)'', and was expected to gross $1.3 million from 615 theaters in its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brevet|first1=Brad|title=Can 'Office Christmas Party' Topple 'Moana' for #1 at the Weekend Box Office?|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4248&p=.htm|website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref> However, it only grossed $227,354 in its opening weekend, making it the 31st worst opening for a wide release in movie history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/worstopenings.htm?page=WRSTOPN&p=.htm|title=Worst Wide Openings}}</ref> The film grossed $321,910 in the United States and Canada and $99,494 in other territories for a worldwide total of $421,404.

==Reception==
On [review aggregator](/source/review_aggregator) website [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film has an approval rating of 67%, based on 6 reviews, with an [average rating](/source/Weighted_arithmetic_mean) of 5.8/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bounce_back |title=The Bounce Back (2016) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=July 24, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|3253232}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|the_bounce_back}}
* {{mojo title|thebounceback}}

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