The Bounty Hunter

"It's a Job. It Isn't Personal. Well, Maybe a Little..."

2010 1h 50m EN

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5.9

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13%

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5.5

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★5.9TMDB · 3,136🥫13%Rotten Tomatoes●22Metacritic★5.5IMDB · 135,884

ActionComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, thinks he's seeing an upswing in fortune when he gets a call to bring in his bail-jumping ex-wife, a reporter named Nicole. Milo considers the job an easy payday, but Nicole quickly escapes to chase a lead on a murder case. The former spouses play an escalating game of one-upmanship, until they suddenly find themselves on the run for their lives.

“It's a Job. It Isn't Personal. Well, Maybe a Little...”

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Cast

Jennifer Aniston
Nicole Hurley
Gerard Butler
Milo Boyd
Jason Sudeikis
Stewart
Jeff Garlin
Sid
Ritchie Coster
Ray
Cathy Moriarty
Irene
Peter Greene
Mahler
Joel Marsh Garland
Dwight

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andy Tennant
Writers: Sarah Thorp
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.4× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andy Tennant, shot by Oliver Bokelberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by George Fenton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Troy Takaki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler and Jason Sudeikis carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's a Job. It Isn't Personal. Well, Maybe a Little...".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1038919 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Andy Tennant directs. Oliver Bokelberg behind the camera. George Fenton scores. Troy Takaki cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 3.4× over at the box office.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Directed by Andy Tennant, shot by Oliver Bokelberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by George Fenton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Troy Takaki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler and Jason Sudeikis carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It's a Job. It Isn't Personal. Well, Maybe a Little...".
8IMDB entry: tt1038919 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 18 themes, including "new york city", "journalist", "bounty hunter", "investigation".

The technical file

Cinematography: Oliver Bokelberg
Original score: George Fenton
Editing: Troy Takaki
Production design: Jane Musky
Makeup / hair: Nicky Pattison Illum
VFX supervisor: Dan Schrecker
Sound: Ron Bochar
Stunt coordinator: Peter Bucossi
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $136,300,000
Return: 341% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Bounty Hunter (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes: 13% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 22/100
IMDB rating: 5.5/10 · 135,884 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

4 wins & 5 nominations

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Kamurai2020-08-31
★ 5/10
Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. Not being a big fan of either Jennifer Aniston or Gerard Butler, even with a great supporting case, and some amusing "villains", I'm had low expectations for this one, even the first time I watched it. Most of it is those two just screwing each other over as they explore their relationship, which is funny, but it's like a more action focused, versus version of "Duplex", and it was more entertaining to see them work together in that, than these two against each other in this. I expect anyone with an ex-wife is going to really enjoy the first half of this movie, at least. The obvious reconciling, and general unlikeability of the characters just sinks this one for me. I was never on board with either character, so I don't care if anything good happens to them.
GenerationofSwine2023-01-10
★ 1/10
It is funny enough. The acting is good enough. The issue here is that, well, we have seen this before. There were a run of movies like this, both comedies and action films in the 70s and 80s and they even occasionally popped up in the early 90s. The Bounty Hunter doesn't add anything new. It doesn't take the story on a fun and interesting turn, and it doesn't even cover old ground in a way that is fresh and entertaining. It's sort of just there and for the time and energy it takes to watch, you can easily tune into another of the many movies in this genre that are less of a bland rehash.
ricoazzurro2023-04-05
★ 2/10
Only if you are a fan of Rachel ...