Catch and Release (2006/II)

Director:

Susannah Grant

Writer (WGA):

Susannah Grant (written by)

Release Date:

26 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Life is messy...love is messier.

Plot:

A woman struggles to accept the death of her fiancé and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life.

Plot Keywords:

Secret | Friend | Fiancee | Sex In Shower | Unrequited Love

Cast

Jennifer Garner	...	Gray
Timothy Olyphant	...	Fritz
Sam Jaeger	...	Dennis
Kevin Smith	...	Sam
Juliette Lewis	...	Maureen
Joshua Friesen	...	Mattie
Fiona Shaw	...	Mrs. Douglas
Tina Lifford	...	Eve
Georgia Craig	...	Persephone
Christopher Redman	...	Flower Delivery Guy
Joyce Krenz	...	Housekeeper
Sonja Bennett	...	Caterer
Yorgo Constantine	...	Co-Worker
Dan Parker	...	Deadhead Singer
Nancy Hower	...	Deadhead Singer

Also Known As:

Askin pesinde (Turkey: Turkish title) (DVD title) [tr]
Las vueltas de la vida (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]
Lieben und lassen (Germany) [de]
Ma vie sans lui (Belgium: French title) [fr]
O proin & o epomenos (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Prise et remise (Canada: French title) [fr]
Se proprio lo vuoi, lascialo andare (Italy) [it]
Tutte le cose che non sai di lui (Italy) (TV title) [it]
Vueltas de la vida, Las (Spain) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

USA:124 min | USA:124 min | Argentina:124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41473) | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:15 | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Kevin Smith was allowed to pick his own wardrobe for the film. Because of that, most of the clothes he wears in the movie bear his trademark number "37".

Goofs:

Continuity: The scene where Gray went back to her storage place to look for a picture of Grady. Her left hand doesn't have the permanent marker drawing on it that Fritz just drew hours before.

Quotes:

Gray: How could you leave me alone with this people? You know how I hate crowds.

Movie Connections:

References Gray Lady Down (1978)

Soundtrack:

These 3 Sins

Horrendous

I saw this film on a plane recently and I can hand on heart say it was one of the worst films I have ever seen. The plot was ridiculous, the performances contrived and obvious and the characters were completely unsympathetic. It was a romantic comedy about dealing with grief and yet was not romantic, funny or moving.

It is a cliché from start to finish. Group of friends including a sensible one, a wacky one and a wild-but-misunderstood one? Check. Young people who all improbably decide to live together for no reason? Check. A group of people who seem to have no discernible employment or income and yet all lead improbably affluent lifestyles? Check. Major romance occurring between couple despite absolutely no romantic development? Check. Dawson's Creek-style acoustic soundtrack, which is heard more than any actual dialogue?! Check.'Funniest' moment involving 'wacky' character mixing drinks without putting the top of the blender? Check, check and another excruciating check.

The romance between the lead actors was as predictable as it was unbelievable - at no point do you feel any warmth between the characters or chemistry between the actors and the romance only seems to occur because Jennifer Garner finds out some bad news about her late Fiancé, rather than any actual romantic development. The characters are phenomenally unlikeable and the affair feels tawdry. The only (minor) plus points of the whole film are the brief laughs from Kevin Smith's paint-by-numbers kooky sidekick performance and, erm, the scenery (because OF COURSE the characters live in a beautiful, organic 'community', with lots of time for outdoor activities - according to Hollywood romance doesn't occur in rubbish towns). On the whole, an unlikeable, uninspired, contrived load of nonsense... avoid like the plague.