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Catch and Release (2007)

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Reviews Counted:130

Fresh:28

Rotten:102

Average Rating:4.5/10

Consensus: A romantic dramedy with boring, stock characters and contrived situations.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content, language and some drug use

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: , Death, Romance, Theatrical Release, Weddings

Theatrical Release:2007-Winter

Box Office: $15,269,668

Synopsis: Screenwriter Susannah Grant makes her directorial debut in this tale of love, loss, and finding new love. Gray Wheeler's (Jennifer Garner) wedding day is not going as planned. Instead of walking... Screenwriter Susannah Grant makes her directorial debut in this tale of love, loss, and finding new love. Gray Wheeler's (Jennifer Garner) wedding day is not going as planned. Instead of walking down the aisle in her wedding gown, she is at the funeral of her fiancé, Grady, following his accidental death on a trip meant to be his bachelor party. To make ends meet, Gray puts her things in storage and moves in with Grady's roommates, levelheaded and attentive Dennis (Sam Jaeger) and quirky yet lovable Sam (Kevin Smith). With childhood friend Fritz (Timothy Olyphant) in from L.A. and crashing on the couch, it's a full house. Inhabiting Grady's old room, Gray soon learns that her fiancé had been keeping some big secrets from her and may not have been the man she thought he was. Perhaps more importantly, she discovers some surprising things about herself, and her ability to heal and love again. Each of the characters in this film has to find a way to survive the devastating loss of a man who held them all together. Garner effectively conveys Gray's heartbreak and confusion without going over the top. As Fritz, Olyphant pulls off the role of the mystery man who is always charming but often misunderstood. Jaeger is earnest and heartfelt as Grady's roommate and business partner. But Smith is the scene-stealer here, with deadpan delivery and great timing as a Celestial Seasonings employee spouting philosophical quotes from the herbal tea company's packaging. Juliette Lewis appears as a sexy, slightly flaky, Californian massage therapist who is also a skeleton in Grady's closet. [More]

Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Jennifer Garner, Juliette Lewis, Kevin Smith

Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Jennifer Garner, Juliette Lewis, Kevin Smith, Sonja Bennett, Yorgo Constantine, Sam Jaeger, Fiona Shaw

Director: Susannah Grant

Director: Susannah Grant
Producer: Jenno Topping
Composer: BT, Tommy Stinson
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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...harbours a secret crush on Gray but, hey, so does everybody, since Gray has fairies and butterflies flying out of her vagina.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
07/12/09
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

Catch and Release will not cause Ben Affleck any husband-envy. It's a harmless romantic comedy that will garner Garner no awards and middling success at the box office.

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment Comment
02/02/09
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

Suffice it to say that when the best thing you can say about a movie is the soundtrack was decent (catch the old Lemonheads tune in the beginning), it's not worth the trip to the theater.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
08/23/08
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

By the conclusion of the film, Catch and Release transformed itself from a risk-taking romantic comedy with a darkly humorous lining into a stereotypically syrupy outing...

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

Unappealing, inert and overlong inane romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
12/11/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Mostly forgettable romantic comedy for teens and up.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
10/31/07
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

Release yourself from boredom by giving it a miss.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
09/01/07
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Garner is likable, but the film is so leisurely and meandering that it never quite builds a pulse to engage the emotions the way Grant so obviously strives.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
08/20/07
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Even with Smith involved, Catch and Release isn't the sort of film a guy would generally go to see alone, but it does make for a decent date movie. She'll enjoy the romantic elements and he'll likely find it unobjectionably entertaining.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
06/25/07
Cindy White
Cindy White
IGN Movies

...nothing particularly noteworthy or innovative...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
06/04/07
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Can we really be expected to invest in a budding relationship between a woman and the best buddy of her dead lover?

Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
05/18/07
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

The multiple story threads make it a little unfocused from a thematic standpoint, but it's a generally well-executed lark, neither too serious nor too silly for its subject matter.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
05/07/07
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

At times I was entertained; other times, I just scratched my head.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
05/07/07
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

The film's slight, quirky characters are driven by a soundtrack designed to tell us exactly how to feel. And perhaps that's not such a bad thing--in this case, something had to.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
05/03/07
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Disappointing film that can't decide whether it's meant to be a romantic comedy or an emotional drama and fails at both as a result.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
03/24/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

A ghastly sort of Nora Ephron-ish good taste pervades this romcom-tearjerker.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
03/24/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

Juliette Lewis helps break the monotony with a sparkling turn as a ditsy skeleton in the dead fiancé's closet and Kevin Smith spouts a few good zingers as the slacker housemate. Sadly it's not enough to catch and keep hold of your interest.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
03/23/07
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC

A film with a fishing metaphor for a title should have come with sharper hooks.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
03/23/07
Tony Horkins
Tony Horkins
Empire Magazine
 
 
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