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So Catherine Zeta-Jones has finally bagged a younger man and the makers of The Rebound are selling the movie to Irishwomen on the basis that they love a shallow cougar yarn. But that’s not what the film’s about. And what’s so darn funny about women over the age of 40 having a sex life anyway, asks TARA BRADY

IN ROMANTIC comedy The Rebound, the latest film by Trust the Mandirector Bart Freundlich, Catherine Zeta-Jones plays a downtrodden, recently divorced house frau who strikes up an unlikely romance with her 24-year-old babysitter ( The Hangover’s Justin Bartha). It’s a sweet enough confection, albeit one that’s marred by dazzlingly poor dialogue and a curiously bland love affair.