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Catch and Release

  • 20062006
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 4m
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Juliette Lewis, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Garner, Sam Jaeger, Timothy Olyphant, and Joshua Friesen in Catch and Release (2006)
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance

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

IMDb RATING
5.9/10
26K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,517
834
  • Director
    • Susannah Grant
  • Writer
    • Susannah Grant
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Garner
    • Timothy Olyphant
    • Kevin Smith
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  • Director
    • Susannah Grant
  • Writer
    • Susannah Grant
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Garner
    • Timothy Olyphant
    • Kevin Smith
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 140User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
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    Jennifer Garner and Timothy Olyphant in Catch and Release (2006)
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    Top cast

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    Jennifer Garner
    Jennifer Garner
    • Grayas Gray
    Timothy Olyphant
    Timothy Olyphant
    • Fritzas Fritz
    Kevin Smith
    Kevin Smith
    • Samas Sam
    Sam Jaeger
    Sam Jaeger
    • Dennisas Dennis
    Juliette Lewis
    Juliette Lewis
    • Maureenas Maureen
    Joshua Friesen
    • Mattieas Mattie
    Fiona Shaw
    Fiona Shaw
    • Mrs. Douglasas Mrs. Douglas
    Tina Lifford
    Tina Lifford
    • Eveas Eve
    Georgia Craig
    Georgia Craig
    • Persephoneas Persephone
    Christopher Redman
    Christopher Redman
    • Flower Delivery Guyas Flower Delivery Guy
    Joyce Krenz
    Joyce Krenz
    • Housekeeperas Housekeeper
    Sonja Bennett
    Sonja Bennett
    • Catereras Caterer
    Yorgo Constantine
    Yorgo Constantine
    • Co-Workeras Co-Worker
    Dan Parker
    • Deadhead Singeras Deadhead Singer
    Nancy Hower
    Nancy Hower
    • Deadhead Singeras Deadhead Singer
    Jennifer Spence
    Jennifer Spence
    • Comforting Friendas Comforting Friend
    Kyla Wise
    Kyla Wise
    • Comforting Friendas Comforting Friend
    • (as Kyla Anderson)
    Leanna Nash
    • Comforting Friendas Comforting Friend
    • Director
      • Susannah Grant
    • Writer
      • Susannah Grant
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    Storyline

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    In Boulder, Colorado, Grady, who comes from an old money family but who has struck out on his own as a half owner of a fly fishing business, has just unexpectedly passed. Beyond her extreme grief, Gray, his loving fiancée, the two who were to be married in only a couple of days, is placed in a difficult position as they had no assets in their joint names, and without a will she is legally left with nothing of his except the engagement ring, one half of a family heirloom set along with the wedding ring she was about to receive, the engagement ring which his mother, Ellen, would like back. Gray cannot even afford to live in the rental house she and Grady were to live in, and as such, she, at least in the short term, moves into Grady's old room with his two roommates and best friends, Dennis, Grady's quiet, straight-laced business partner, and somewhat clueless Sam, a copywriter of sorts with Celestial Seasonings Tea. The fourth in that buddy friendship is Fritz, a Los Angeles based director of commercials, he who came in for the funeral and who is staying with Dennis, Sam and now Gray for as long as he is in town. Gray has never much liked seemingly self-absorbed Fritz, his current presence which only strengthens that notion as he displays no sense of anything about Grady, let alone grief. In the process of dealing with his estate, Gray discovers some hidden aspects of what was Grady's recent life, both of a financial nature and an associated personal nature. She turns in part to Grady's friends for answers and support, and while Dennis is the one who wishes she turned to in being secretly in love with her, Gray ends up bonding unexpectedly with Fritz as this information answers a lot of questions she had about his and Grady's friendship. Things within this grouping get even more complicated with the arrival into town from Los Angeles of a woman named Maureen and her preschool aged son Mattie, who are somewhat in the center of that hidden issue concerning Grady. —Huggo
    • reference to persephone the greek minor deity
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Life is messy...love is messier.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and some drug use
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Jennifer Garner was pregnant while filming this movie.
    • Goofs
      Fritz tells Gray that Grady's child was conceived "at a Halloween party," but when Gray first meets the child's mother she says the child will be "four next October." A child conceived on Halloween would be born near the end of July. It is also very possible that Fritz made up the conception date since most of the rest of that story was also incorrect. This is not a goof. When Fritz tells Gray that the baby was conceived at Halloween, he was lying. It was the same conversation where he said that the kid was "7 or 8", when we later learn that the kid was actually 3 and the product of an ongoing affair and not a one-night stand at a Halloween party.
    • Quotes

      Gray: What's your favorite color?

      Fritz: Gray.

    • Connections
      Features Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      Razor
      Written by Dave Grohl

      Performed by Foo Fighters

      Courtesy of RCA Records Label/Roswell Records

      By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

    User reviews140

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    6/10
    Something to watch when nothing else is on.
    Let's put it this way.... right before this movie, I had just watched 28 weeks later (highly recommend btw). It was It was one o clock in the morning, all the lights were off in my house, I was in my basement, and I was alone. There was no way I was making all the way up to my room. So I decided to stay and watch t.v. for a bit and find something cute and sweet to watch. THat is exactly what Catch and Release offered to me.

    But cute and sweet are basically the only two words that I can find to correctly describe this movie. It was not good but it definitely was not bad. Its a good movie to watch when nothing else is on. Please do not waste your time and money and rent this movie but if its one o clock in the morning, you don't feel like going to bed, and nothing else is on, then I say what the heck, you might as well watch it if its on HBO or something.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 26, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Sanskrit
    • Also known as
      • Aşkın Peşinde
    • Filming locations
      • Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Tall Trees Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,539,051
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,658,898
      • Jan 28, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,162,580
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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