The Bounty Hunter |  | Director: Andy Tennant
Actors: Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler
Studio: Columbia
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Rating:  68 reviews
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Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 043396350403
UPC: 043396350403
EAN: 0043396350403
ASIN: B002ZG998G
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 2010
Release Date: July 13, 2010
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"Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly. He
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In the bouncy romantic comedy The Bounty Hunter, Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler aim to be a contemporary Nick and Nora for an audience that's never even heard of The Thin Man. Ex-cop-turned-bounty hunter Milo Boyd (Butler, 300) is ecstatic when he gets his new assignment: his ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurley (Aniston), has skipped bail to pursue a breaking story. Naturally, when he catches her, he also gets caught up in the mystery--though the mystery is really just an excuse for quirky comic bickering between the estranged lovebirds. Refreshingly, the script has the kind of off-beat rhythms and flavors of comedy-action flicks like Midnight Run, Out of Sight, and Something Wild, and the supporting cast (featuring Christine Baranski, Mamma Mia!; Peter Greene, Pulp Fiction; Jeff Garlin, Curb Your Enthusiasm; Siobhan Fallon, Saturday Night Live; Cathy Moriarty, Raging Bull; and beloved character actress Carol Kane) is a colorful collection of great faces and pungent personalities. It's unfortunate that the leads are a tad bland; Aniston and Butler aren't bad, but they don't have the snap, crackle, and pop that the movie craves. Nonetheless, The Bounty Hunter rises above the average Hollywood rom-com. --Bret Fetzer
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 An unfunny, cringe-worthy cinematic trainwreck July 15, 2010
M. Bullions (Anywhere, USA)
15 out of 21 found this review helpful
n a year where American film audiences have been flocking to sub-par romantic comedy action hybrids, I'm happy to say that we have not done any worse, any more unrealistic, any more unlikable, any more unromantic, any more farfetched, or any more unfunny than The Bounty Hunter. In fact, it's probably one of the worst films of 2010.
Jennifer Aniston plays Nicole, the bail-jumping ex-wife of Gerard Butler's Milo, a fired cop who has since become a bounty hunter. He takes the assignment to pick his ex wife up, and take her to jail. But, somewhere down the line, a bunch of incomprehensible mumbo-jumbo about a murder, a cover-up, and other scoff-worthy cliches cause the two of them to flee, and of course, romance ensues, and it leads the two talented stars into the clutches of rom-com hell.
This is a film that simply tries too hard to be funny, exciting, romantic, and entertaining. It is entertaining for about the first half-hour, and then starts a downward spiral from which it never recovers. It's a shame that Jennifer Aniston, who has been in top form, for the past five years, giving glowing performances in every film she's been in (Friends With Money, The Break-Up, The Good Girl) chose a dud like this. I'm glad to say that her comic gifts have yet to leave her, however her ability to pick a good one seems to be long gone.
The characters in this film could have been so well-written and so interesting, but unfortunately, the lazy writers didn't know what to do with them, and it makes me wonder how detailed the script was anyway. While Aniston's character was somewhat interesting in the film's first act, Butler's character was the most revolting stereotype that I've seen in a film this year. He played the jackass. No more, no less. His character didn't take one unexpected move, or one unforeseen turn.
The one redeeming quality that this film had lied in its supporting cast. Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin and Christine Baranski have about five minutes of screentime a piece, and they bring more life to the table than the rest of the cast does in a painful 110 minutes. While Butler should just stay as far away from the romantic comedy genre as possible, and while Aniston simply needs a better manager, they both look as attractive and gorgeous as ever. There's nothing else for either of them in this disaster, however.
 Comedy & Criminals March 22, 2010
Kathy W (Baltimore)
19 out of 27 found this review helpful
Very entertaining, very enjoyable, I would say this was a strong 3 star. Gerard Butler (Milo) is a former NYPD cop, who left the job to become a Bounty Hunter. Jennifer Anniston (Nicole) is a newspaper reporter who is currently on $50,000 bail for assaulting a mounted police officer, or his horse. And BTW, they were married about 3 years ago, and divorced after about 9 months. While the movie begins in NYC and is tied to NY, much of the movie takes place on the Atlantic City Boardwalk and around the casinos.
Nicole is investigating a story about a suicide that sounds fishy. She arrives at court with 4 minutes to spare. When she gets a call from a snitch, she stupidly runs off instead of going to court. The judge orders a bench warrant for her and she becomes a fugitive. The bail bondsman offers Milo $5,000 to go get her. Because there is plenty of leftover passionate anger between the couple, Milo is only too happy to go after her--besides, he needs the money. His $11,000 gambling debt is overdue and, well, they break your legs for stuff like that.
Meanwhile, the bad guys don't like Nicole investigating the so-called suicide, so they come after her. Through Milo chasing Nicole and the bad guys chasing both of them, there is also a wanna-be love interest following Nicole because she made out with him one night while she was blitzed at a party.
I like both these actors and it was good to see them do a movie together. It's a wild and crazy story. It's cute and funny, and yes, I would watch it again.
Hunting for a good story June 24, 2010
Loo (Malaysia)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Oh dear. This film is really boring. Slow moving. The script is so predictable and there are hardly any good lines between the two leads. Jennifer, can you please make films from other genres? Jerry, make fewer flims in a year please.
 MISCAST August 29, 2010
Michael Ledo (Windsor, SC United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie starts out as a good comedy action flick. This is maintained at some level then suddenly the whole movie changes gears and goes into a chick flick. After that, it can't pick up again. Gerald Parker plays a Bounty Hunter after he was fired from the police force. He gets the call to go pick up his ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston), an investiagtive reporter who missed her court date. Jennifer is investigating a suicide she believes was a murder. With the help of Parker, they go on the trail. Meanwhile both of them are being hunted down; Parker because of Atlantic City gambling debts and Jennifer because of what she knows about the murder. They ex-couple are at odds and use what they know about each other, Jennifer to escape and Parker to find her. The movie is funny at times, and the script wasn't bad, it was just miscast. The role of the bounty hunter clearly was written for Bruce Willis, who could have used famous lines from his previous movies to add to the humor. And Aniston appears to have gone to the same lame acting school as Miley Cyrus. She just didn't pull it off. Sandra Bullock of even Catherine Zeta-Jones would have been better in that role. Does anyone know what they did with that tricycle seat Aniston was on?
Average Date Movie August 29, 2010
Yohan
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie was nothing spectacular, but it wasn't bad. It's an alright choice for a date movie.
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