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Director: Susannah Grant
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger, Kevin Smith, Juliette Lewis
I am going to nominate Catch and Release as the movie least likely to be remembered by anyone at this time next year. The entire effort is mediocre with some decent acting built on top of a story that should be dark, but isn’t and tries to be funny but isn’t very good at that either. It’s not like it’s a bad movie. It isn’t. They just couldn’t find a way to step out from the pack.
Jennifer Garner is Gray Wheeler and the movie begins at the funeral of her fiancé. The film manages to keep a fairly light tone as she tries to adjust to her loss with the help of his three best friends, Fritz (Olyphant), Dennis (Jaeger) and Sam, who is played by Kevin Smith in a rare acting role in a movie that he didn’t direct and he provides a lot of the comic relief, here. The story really gets going when Gray discovers that she didn’t know her lost loved one as well as she thought and that his friends have a few things to share with her, as well.
Nothing special here. Jennifer Garner is cute and Juliette Lewis plays the same character as always. They manage to keep pulling surprises out of the story, but it’s not enough. If the previews appealed to you, or if you are a Jennifer Garner groupie then this one will be to your taste. If you are a Kevin Smith fanatic, this is a safe one to miss. If you do see it, I’m guessing that you will have forgotten the title by Monday.
