Advertising executive Buddy (Affleck) has just signed an airline in Chicago
as a big client but is later delayed by a snow storm waiting for a
flight to Los Angeles on the same airline. He meets Greg Janello (Tony Goldwyn),
who opts to be bumped, even though it means missing an outing with his
son. When the flight resumes boarding, Buddy, trying to do a good deed,
gives his ticket to Greg so he can get home to his sons (played by Alex D. Linz and David Dorfman). While spending the night with fellow stranded passenger Mimi (Natasha Henstridge), he discovers via the television news that Greg's flight crashed. Buddy had conspired with his friend Janice Guerrero (Jennifer Grey),
the ticket agent that night to put Greg on the flight using his
boarding pass. Now he needs his name removed from the passenger list and
add Greg's name.
Meanwhile, Greg's wife Abby Janello (Gwyneth Paltrow)
is woken up by news of the crash, and is for many hours torn between
hope and despair, clinging to the belief that Greg would still arrive on
the later flight on which he was originally registered - until his
death is confirmed beyond further doubt.
Once back in L.A., Buddy's new client dictates that the company run a
series of innocuous ads to ameliorate the tragic consequences of the
crash. Buddy feels guilty for putting Greg on the plane, and drunkenly
(and publicly) acts out when the commercials win a Clio award. After going through an insincere stint in Alcoholics Anonymous,
Buddy arranges to meet Abby and her two young sons, without revealing
his responsibility for her husband's death. Following her to a rental
site, Buddy catches her off guard with a hostile dog setting the unit up
for a showing. Abby catches him in a fumbled story about just stopping
by. The dog, ironically also called "Buddy", gets loose although still
chained, and tears into Buddy's clothes. After sending the clothes to be
rewoven, the two talk, each maintaining a secret. Abby is divorced, not
widowed, and Buddy didn't really know Greg.
Buddy helps Abby with a tip on a commercial office building that Jim
the owner has put a bid on. Abby does a masterful job of selling the
property. She has no idea where her offer to pay a commission point back
at closing.[clarification needed] Buddy's confidence in her ability shines through as does she. Abby treats Buddy to a night at Dodger Stadium
and they discuss their journey to this point. Abby tells a humorous
story of the birth of her son Scott in a Datsun after she broke Greg's
nose climbing into the back seat. She then finishes by driving to the
hospital. Buddy tells Abby that she is really brave and she replies that
she was just scared. Buddy remarks "It's not brave if you're not
scared."
Falling in love, Buddy gets close to the whole family. The airline's
settlement with Greg's estate comes through for Abby who next wants to
put her boys on a plane to Palm Springs to get over their fear of
flying. Abby tells Buddy that he is off the hook and needn't say another
word, hinting that she would not expect him to play father to a widow's
children. However, there's a short pause and Buddy gets right back into
it with a request to go along - and soon develops a strong bond with
the two boys. On the return trip Buddy says he has a secret he will
reveal the next day.
It all comes apart when Mimi shows up, giving Abby a short video of
Greg and Buddy having a drink in the airport bar. Abby is devastated by
finding that Buddy lied to her on such a fundamental issue and demands
that he leave her home and her life - though also demanding that he say
goodbye to the boys. This doesn't sit well with anyone, Buddy comes back
the next day and talks to Scott who feels that his father died trying
to get home for a Scout Christmas tree outing.
Buddy is called to testify about his fateful night in Chicago, Abby
watches on television and Buddy though trying to keep the truth in
actually bares his soul. He did give his ticket to Greg, he did not take
Greg's in exchange, he did get Greg on the plane with Janice and she
later changed the roster to get it right. They all had compromised the
airline's security procedures. Buddy remembered that Greg wasn't the
good flier he once was, having had "too many people in his wallet".
Buddy is excused by the judge, but doesn't feel "excused" for his
actions. Abby had harbored the same guilt as Scott, that they had
pressured Greg into coming home on the fateful flight.
In being honest and facilitating the damage suit against the airline
company, Buddy has strained relations with his own company to the
breaking point. He resigns from the firm, and packs his things at work
and at home. Abby comes by to tell him that his talk with Scott had
helped them both. Buddy, sensing that Abby is about to leave, asks her
to help him with renting his beach front home or putting it up for sale,
whatever she recommends. She says she isn't going to get it right, but
Buddy steadfastly tells her she's the best to handle it. Buddy starts to
talk about his plans, Abby listens and they start their relationship
over.
Today I saw this film, it isn´t a great film, but it entertained me.
Anina
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Buddy, un ejecutivo de éxito en una importante agencia de publicidad, se
encuentra atrapado en el aeropuerto de Chicago a causa de un temporal.
Mientras espera, conoce a Greg, un hombre que va a pasar las Navidades
con su familia, y a una atractiva mujer de negocios. Cuando, gracias a
sus relaciones, consigue un asiento en el último vuelo de la noche,
empieza a dudar entre emprender el viaje o disfrutar de una aventura
sexual. Finalmente, elige lo segundo y le ofrece su asiento a Greg. A la
mañana siguiente, Buddy oye la noticia de que el avión se ha
estrellado. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Historia de amores encontrados a la sombra de una desgracia. Affleck es
un ejecutivo que se enamora de la viuda de un desconocido al que cambió
su billete de avión. Este drama romántico cortado al patrón de Hollywood
da lo que promete, esto es: tiernos momentos de una (ahora ex) pareja
de moda, unas pocas sonrisas y alguna lágrima para toda una apología del
amor predestinado. Previsible, almibarada y medianamente entretenida.
Pablo Kurt - fimaffinity
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"Está lejos de ser una gran película, pero es lo suficientemente
agradable como para recordarnos que muy pocas películas en estos tiempos
se acercan siquiera a conseguir un equilibrio entre inteligencia y
emociones."
Stephen Holden - the new york times-
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Hoy vi esta película mientras esperaba a que salieran las notas de la Escuela de Idiomas, ¡que nervios! jajaja.
Consiguió por lo menos entretenerme.
Anina
