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Genre :

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Release Date :

January 26, 2007

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Susannah Grant

Starring :

Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Kevin Smith, Sam Jaeger, Fiona Shaw, Juliette Lewis, Sonja Bennett

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

“..there's not a genuine laugh or heartfelt emotion in the whole thing..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2 of 4

“..forgettable seriocomic blather from writer-director Susannah Grant..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
“..a so-so romantic dramedy..”
by Lael Loewenstein [Variety]
2 of 4

“..a pleasant enough daydream before it turns all squoodgy at the end..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2 of 4

“..a confused, disjointed motion picture that tries to be many things and succeeds in being none..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
1.5 of 4

“.."Catch and Release" is a puzzle missing a few critical pieces, and as a result, it never really connects..”
by Sue Pierman [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Michael Sragow [The Baltimore Sun]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Bruce Newman [San Jose Mercury News]
Reviewed by Cole Haddon [Orlando Weekly]
Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

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This movie is about the loss of a partner for life who never gets to spend the rest of "her"life with "him". The character Jennifer plays is low key; as in mourning. As she is planning his funeral, not "their " wedding that very weekend, she finds a very different world he shared outside of their relationship. His trips to LA were not "all business" as "Gray " comes to find. Put on the spot by the woman whom was reaping the financial benifite of Grady's wealth. Yesm his parents had money , but not necessarily Grady. As his mother the stuffy widow.....states" this kid will get none of my son's money".........not sayong the money Gray and Gradu would have shared prior to the tragic weekend. I thought Jennifer pulled this off with a masterpiece performance and "Sam" always cheering her up with wisdom from the tea boxes. If you have never experienced the loss of an early unexpected death in your life, this movie will have no relative value. Only then, I would suggest watching this agsin and then you will know what the expresson she always carried on her face throughout the movie. Music hit every part of the scenes played out to dramatize the non verbal feeling. Listen again and you will feel the hurt the emptimess and the release of pain through your held together friendships. The mother =in-law, being the victim and alone, no friends to turn to.......makes you understand why this character is such a bitch ..she has no family and cast the only person who"would have been family" out of her world. No reason to stay in Boulder, finds her new life in a place she least expects. Pefect end to the movie. I've watched this movie 25 times and still hear new dialog every time I see this movie. Makes me want to move to Colorado and live in Boulder. Excellent screen writing and great majestic scenes with superb music in the backround! 5 stars!!!

posted by jsuberman1 on Aug 11, 2008
 
 

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