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Catch and Release

Overview


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  Be the 1st!

“..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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