Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger, Kevin Smith, Juliette Lewis, Joshua Friesen, Fiona Shaw |
Director |
Susannah Grant |
Screenplay | Susannah Grant |
Music | BT, Tommy Stinson |
Cinematography | John Lindley |
Editing | Anne V. Coates |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2006 |
Produced by | Columbia Pictures Corporation, Relativity Media, Tall Tress Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
Genre | Drama |
Language | Medium frequency, not strong except for the occurance of blasphemy |
Nudity | None |
Sex | Several strongly implied sex scenes |
Violence | Minimal, comic and low impact |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | The theme of this movie is rather mature and deals with the death of a fiancé, with cheating on a loved one, forgiveness, acceptance, friendship. |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Emma Nicholson Trite movie is not exactly the catch of the day. | 10 | |
Cape Times Kevin Crust Touch of fantasy adds to classic romantic comedy's allure | 10 | |
Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 12 | |
The Citizen Sabrina Dean There is nothing specifically wrong with this romantic comedy-drama. But it's not particularly awe-inspiring either. | 10 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge It's like a film with bipolar disorder, and that's not an easy thing to enjoy. | 5 | |
24.com Annel Malan It's like a very long episode of Friends but without the jokes, stylish clothing, good acting, or... ad breaks. | 1 | |
BBC Stella Papamichael The laughs are engineered using rusty parts and crudely inserted inside a mechanical plot. | 10 | |
Box Office Mark Keizer Co-star Kevin Smith ray of light, but can't brighten Gray day | 8 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson The movie mostly seems glib and incoherent, eventually deteriorating into a disconnected series of sentimental moments and broad comedic hijinks. | 5 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli Catch and Release is a confused, disjointed motion picture that tries to be many things and succeeds in being none. | 10 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers 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. | 10 | |
ScreenIt There are moments that are funny, touching and even moving. But they exist within a pedestrian script that feels like it's been assembled from any number of predecessors and thus doesn't seem terribly interesting or feel that novel. | 8 | |
Metacritic.com 28 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 120 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A romantic dramedy with boring, stock characters and contrived situations. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 3256 Netizens Plot-wise unsurprising, but buoyed by Garner's charm. | 11 | |
Average .. 42% | 8 |