FILM · 2009 · USA
The Rebound
18 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
The film's premise of an older woman and a younger man is close to writer-director Bart Freundlich, whose wife Julianne Moore is 10 years older than him. Conversely, lead actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is 25 years younger than her husband Michael Douglas.
- #002
Joanna Gleason's character Roberta mentions she previously worked at Ralph Lauren, a nod to her role in Friends (1994), where she played Rachel's boss at Ralph Lauren.
- #003
It was Catherine Zeta-Jones's first film after a three-year gap since Death Defying Acts (2007).
- #004
The film was initially planned for a U.S. theatrical release until its distributor shut down. More than a year later, it went straight to DVD.
- #005
Art Garfunkel plays Aram's father, Harry Finklestein. He is best known to everyone for his role in the music rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. One of their hit songs was "Mrs Robinson" (1967), used in the film The Graduate (1967), which deals with an older woman falling in love with a younger man and shares the same plot as the song.
- #006
Joanna Gleason's character in the sitcom Friends (1994) also worked for Ralph Lauren. She was Kim, Rachel's boss.
- #007
Aram suggests naming his children "Ira," Art Garfunkel's middle name.
- #008
This was Alice Playten's last role. She died of cancer three years later at the age of 64.
- #009
Wilhelm scream: In the first babysitting scene, Justin Bartha's character faints while a Wii boxing match is being played.
- #010
Sandy's boss Laura Reilly states that Aram was born in 1983, while Sandy, her boss and her colleagues were having dinner. In reality, Justin Bartha was born in 1978 and would have been 31 when this film was released.
- #011
In the film's end title sequence, Steve Park, credited as John Reynolds, is referred to twice in the film as Scott Reynolds.
- #012
Actor Chuck Zito sits in the front row while watching the boxing match. He was a bodyguard for actors such as Sylvester Stallone, Sean Penn and Charles Bronson.
- #013
When Sandy comes home late, Aram is reading the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).
- #014
At one point in the film, Aram calls Sandy an ageist, meaning someone who discriminates on the basis of age. Ironically, Catherine Zeta-Jones is married in real life to Michael Douglas, who is 25 years older than her.
- #015
Aram and Frank Jr. play Wii Sports boxing.
- #016
When we first see Aram Finklestein, he is walking with his mother and father next to a large store called Zabars, an appetizing store at 2245 Broadway and 80th Street. Zabars celebrated its 87th anniversary at this location in 2021.
- #017
At the beginning of the film there is an old homeless man shown with Sandy and his two children, and you can see his penis. Near the end of the film, while Sandy and Aram are at the dance hall, the song "My Dick" by Mickey Avalon & Dyslexic Speedreaders (2006) plays.
- #018
In one scene you see Catherine Zeta-Jones with a blue bag, which is from the IKEA store, a home furnishings store that has been open since 1943.
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