The film slowly and credibly builds a bridge between two diametrically opposite individuals. Call it another little triumph.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 16, 2020

A story of self-discovery Catch and Release is ... well it's horribly, horribly dull is what it is. It's like an entire season of a mediocre primetime soap opera squeezed into a couple of hours.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 18, 2011

...harbours a secret crush on Gray but, hey, so does everybody, since Gray has fairies and butterflies flying out of her vagina.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Jul 12, 2009

Suffice it to say that when the best thing you can say about a movie is the soundtrack was decent (catch the old Lemonheads tune in the beginning), it's not worth the trip to the theater.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 23, 2008

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

By the conclusion of the film, Catch and Release transformed itself from a risk-taking romantic comedy with a darkly humorous lining into a stereotypically syrupy outing...

| Original Score: 5/10 | Feb 28, 2008

Unappealing, inert and overlong inane romantic comedy.

| Original Score: C | Dec 11, 2007

Mostly forgettable romantic comedy for teens and up.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 31, 2007

Release yourself from boredom by giving it a miss.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 1, 2007

Garner is likable, but the film is so leisurely and meandering that it never quite builds a pulse to engage the emotions the way Grant so obviously strives.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 20, 2007

Even with Smith involved, Catch and Release isn't the sort of film a guy would generally go to see alone, but it does make for a decent date movie. She'll enjoy the romantic elements and he'll likely find it unobjectionably entertaining.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 25, 2007

...nothing particularly noteworthy or innovative...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 4, 2007

Can we really be expected to invest in a budding relationship between a woman and the best buddy of her dead lover?

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 18, 2007

The multiple story threads make it a little unfocused from a thematic standpoint, but it's a generally well-executed lark, neither too serious nor too silly for its subject matter.

| Original Score: B- | May 7, 2007

At times I was entertained; other times, I just scratched my head.

| May 7, 2007

The film's slight, quirky characters are driven by a soundtrack designed to tell us exactly how to feel. And perhaps that's not such a bad thing--in this case, something had to.

| Original Score: C | May 3, 2007

A ghastly sort of Nora Ephron-ish good taste pervades this romcom-tearjerker.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 24, 2007

Disappointing film that can't decide whether it's meant to be a romantic comedy or an emotional drama and fails at both as a result.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 24, 2007

Juliette Lewis helps break the monotony with a sparkling turn as a ditsy skeleton in the dead fiancé's closet and Kevin Smith spouts a few good zingers as the slacker housemate. Sadly it's not enough to catch and keep hold of your interest.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 23, 2007

A film with a fishing metaphor for a title should have come with sharper hooks.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 23, 2007