- Release Date: 2007
- Runtime: 124 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Starring: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger, Kevin Smith ... see all
- Director: Susannah Grant
- Plot: After the sudden death of her fiancé, Gray Wheeler finds comfort in the company of his friends: lighthearted and comic Sam, hyper-responsible Dennis, and, oddly enough, his old childhood buddy... Read more
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Critics Reviews
| Aug 28, 2008Urban Cinefile
Even the soundtrack, which is bright and bouncy, is more suited to a romantic comedy.
Scenes are suddenly played for laughs as the groom-to-be's friends (Kevin Smith, Jaeger and Olyphant) act as though they are playing in a sit-com.
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| May 08, 2007PopMatters
it is one of the worst movies of all time .....a successful screenwriter doesn't necessarily make a successful film director.....PopMatters Contributing Editor Catch and Release is most certainly the worst film of 2006.....Here she is saddled with a group of relative amateurs compared with her previous outings, and the film suffers..... ... Full Review
| May 08, 2007PopMatters
Catch and Release is most certainly the worst film of 2006.....a successful screenwriter doesn't necessarily make a successful film director.....it is one of the worst movies of all time .....Here she is saddled with a group of relative amateurs compared with her previous outings, and the film suffers..... ... Full Review
| Apr 20, 2007DVD Town
But "Catch and Release" is still enjoyable, and it's clear that Grant is a director who's going to do some great things in the future.
If Smith's character was the focus of this comedy, that would have been great, but he's comic relief, and many of his scenes could have been trimmed.
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| Mar 05, 2007New York Daily News
Really, women drag their husbands and boyfriends to films like writer-director Susannah Grant's emotionally bogus "Catch and Release" and I feel their pain.
Two passes may be in order for "Catch and Release," a film that a talented veteran of romantic comedy would have had trouble pulling off, let alone a screenwriter (Grant wrote "Erin Brockovich") who has never directed a film before.
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News
The winner of the Post-Gazette's second annual Pittsburgh Rocks competition is Carolina Shine, with the song "Whitewater Daydream." The second- and third-place winners were Aviation Blondes ("Catch and Release") and the Maddie Georgi Band ("Go"). ... Full Article
Catch and Release - PG-13
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2008-01-20
Catch and Release - PG-13
commonsensemedia.org –
2007-10-03
Top 20 Movies for Girl's Night
associatedcontent.com –
2007-05-30
Girl's night is one of my favorite nights of the month, once a moth we all get together and watch a movie and gossip like crazy. ... Full Article
I have to say I am a romantic comedy nut. I love movies about love, and when they're funny it's like a double package. Catch And Release has been one of the best romantic comedies released lately. ... Full Article
Catch and Release
popmatters.com –
2007-05-08

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