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Forces of Nature
ID:
1999
Comments:
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Screenplay: Marc Lawrence
Producer: Donna Roth, Ian Bryce, Ricki Spector, Steven P. Saeta, Susan Arnold
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn, Blythe Danner
Genre: Comedy

Running Time: 105
Aspect Ratio:  1.85:1 (NTSC Widescreen)
Sound: Dolby
Subtitles: English
Features:
Studio:  Dreamworks Video DVD Region:  1 PG-13
DVD Release:  Nov 1999 Discs:  1 (DVD) [$9.99]
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Reviews:  Plane crashes, pickpockets, hurricanes--heaven and hell is moving to prevent our able hero Ben (Ben Affleck) from marrying his sweetie (Maura Tierney) in Savannah. At every turn he runs into someone else despairing about the woes of married life. And of course, temptation proves overwhelming in the face of traveling companion Sarah (Sandra Bullock), the wild woman whom he can't seem--or doesn't want--to lose.
After a wayward bird flies into the engine of his airplane, Ben is forced to find another way to his wedding. He finds himself stuck with Sarah, whom he carried from the plane after she was whacked in the noggin by his laptop. The heat between them is unmistakable, and the drama in the film comes from the "will he or won't he," both in terms of sleeping with Sarah and meeting up with his bride. "Forces of Nature" is a fun and sentimental road-trip film, but Ben is such a strait-laced noodge, you can't help but want him to fall flat on his face just a little. Bullock is the life of this film, although her free-spirited ways get a bit tired (responsibility is not "all" bad). The highlight of this movie, though, is definitely the cinematography. The beautiful rain shots and the colors of the scenes lend to the unsettling mood. While the jokes are not rip-roaring, "Forces" is to be reckoned with for those times when a lighthearted film is what you need. "--Jenny Brown"


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