Catch and Release
Fiona Shaw, Georgia Craig, Jennifer Garner
After the sudden death of her fiance, Gray Wheeler finds comfort in the company of her fiance's friends: lighthearted and comic Sam, hyper-responsible Dennis, and, oddly enough, his old childhood budd...( read more
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DVD Released: May 8, 2007
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June 15, 2009Quite boring, but with quite the stud playing the romantic interest. Suitable late night basic cable fare.
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September 26, 2008The living arrangements of Gray (Jennifer Garner) and all her fiancé's friends -- even her fiancé's best friend is somewhat strange - they all live together in a house.
This movie is great -- the type where everyone grows up a bit during the movie. I saw it a second time a ye... ...( read more ) -
July 9, 2008I literally wanted to gorge my eyes out and eat tripe while watching this film!! I was afraid it'd never end!! AWFUL!!!!!
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December 22, 2007Catch & Release is an average 'chick flick' romantic comedy which leans more towards a dramatic side. Nothing truly special about this film and not one of Jennifer Garner's best roles, but it is watchable. The characters portrayed by Kevin Smith and Juliette Lewis steal the mov... ...( read more )
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July 3, 2009uh this movie was horrible, I hated it. The whole story line about romantic interests/suicide made me feel uncomfortable..
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September 1, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
February 3, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
One of those movies where the small pleasures stack up high enough to dwarf the disappointments. full review
February 2, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
If grief were as easily overcome as it is in Catch and Release, Prozac sales would be in dire trouble. full review
January 26, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
The kind of movie that just can't seem to have enough annoying self-absorbed people around to rattle on about their life woes. Catch this release at your own peril. full review
January 26, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
The film suffers from a style that settles for pleasant or touching at the cost of spontaneous or impassioned. Too bad, because Ms. Garner is a genuinely pleasing presence. full review
January 26, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Screenwriter Susannah Grant makes her directing debut with a romance that wants to respect the mess of love and loss but winds up smoothing all its rough edges with a Hollywood pumice stone. full review
January 26, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The chick comedy-drama Catch and Release may look bland, but it's not. It's worse. To rise to the level of blandness, it would need to have a few gallons of Tabasco dumped into it. full review
January 26, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The film's a pleasant enough daydream before it turns all squoodgy at the end. full review
January 25, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
If it should happen that one day Netflix includes Catch and Release among "Movies you'd also enjoy," consider cancelling your subscription. full review
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February 11, 2008not a very good movie. i was very disappointed. I did not like the love interest, there was no chemistry between him and Jennifer Garner?
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June 12, 2007This movie comes up "short". Feels like there's something missing. If you like Jennifer Garner, you'll like this film simply because she's in it. If you're not a big fan of hers, then you'll only feel disaapointed.
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May 21, 2007One of the most average, forgettable, anti-climatic films in existence.
But hey, great use of the song "Razor" from the Foo Fighters at the begin which saves this movie from being scrapped to my "Movies So Bad They're Really Bad" List. -
May 18, 2007Have to agree with the last person. People are looking too far into this.. The movie doesn't promote cheating. Cheating happens in real life, and it's just portraying how the girl is dealing with it.
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May 18, 2007I don't understand all the negative comments and criticism about this movie. I mean don't take it for any more than it is for crying out loud. It's just a nice little story that albeit rare, it possibly could happen in real life. People are human and have unexpected human emotions at unexpected times but that's not the point anyway. At least she found out more about her lost love and she found out more about his friends and herself. Just let'em be happy and go with the flow, lol.
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