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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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If it was Brad Pitt carrying the coffee and Halle Berry saying she’s not serious about him to a buddy, this movie would make over $100 million.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
01/25/07
Brett Buckalew
Brett Buckalew
FilmStew.com

In her directorial debut Susannah Grant has made a romantic comedy that flounders and fizzles with bad acting and unappealing characters.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
01/25/07
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

If it should happen that one day Netflix includes Catch and Release among "Movies you'd also enjoy," consider cancelling your subscription.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
01/25/07
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Do you hear that clinking noise? It's the chains of the plot left dangling.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
01/25/07
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Viewers may find its mix of pathos and humor loose and lumpy, but then isn't that how life is?

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
01/25/07
M. K. Terrell
M. K. Terrell
Christian Science Monitor

I just don't know any chick who will make sense of this flick -- it's that blitheringly out of touch with present psychosexual (never mind feminist) time and space.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment 2 Comments
01/25/07
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Despite the film's attempts to imbue Garner with spark, she simply disappears into the supporting pack in a film that doesn't know if it's rom-coming or going.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/25/07
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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...kind of the inverse of last year's You, Me & Dupree jammed together with an old Bette Davis weepie.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
01/25/07
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Catch & Release? Nah. Try Net & Forget.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
01/25/07
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Jennifer Garner leads an enormously appealing cast as the bride who wore black.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
01/25/07
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club

Jennifer Garner may possess the hardest working eyebrows in show business, but Kevin Smith gets the acting kudos in this bittersweet romance.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/25/07
Andrea Gronvall
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader

Catch and Release is an all-too-appropriate title for the glum new Jennifer Garner movie. This fish should be thrown back.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
01/25/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

It's passable entertainment that you don't have to feel totally guilty about enjoying. In late January, we'll take it.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
01/25/07
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Neither here nor there, neither offensively bad nor anything special, Catch and Release inspires little more than a shrug.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
01/25/07
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

This one isn't even worth catching. Just throw it back.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
01/25/07
Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
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Despite possessing a few effective and affecting scenes, Catch and Release is a mess and the methods it uses to bring closure to its diverse storylines feel trite and contrived.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/25/07
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Catch and Release opens with a funeral, which is a not-so-funny way for a romantic comedy trying to pass itself off as a drama to begin.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
01/25/07
Cole Haddon
Cole Haddon
Orlando Weekly

Catch and Release has a magazine-spread polish that sometimes tricks you into thinking that it's a more distinctive romantic comedy than it actually is.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
01/25/07
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday
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Forgettable seriocomic blather from writer-director Susannah Grant.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
01/25/07
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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Cockamamie.

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
01/25/07
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy
 
 
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