When Gray Wheeler's (Jennifer Garner) fiancé is killed the day before their wedding, her comfortable life is thrown into chaos, especially once the secrets of her dead fiancé's life start coming to the surface. The more she learns the more she realizes how little she knew him and, more importantly, how little she knew herself.
Catch and Release is one of the blandest films I have ever seen. It does nothing wrong but it's way too by-the-numbers to have any real impact on the viewer. Everything about it is too harmless and light to fully register which wouldn't have been a bad thing if the film wasn't asking for my sympathy for the characters. Unfortunately, I didn't really care about them because they were poorly developed and rather annoying. The film goes through 95 minutes worth a footage and I didn't really see any development to them. There were developments to the story with many unnecessary subplots being added but the film was still very distant to its characters.
Director and screenwriter Susannah Grant was apparently doing all of this for a paycheck since she seemed to put in no effort at all. Unlike her previous films, she added no depth which made the film pretty dull. I could have missed half of an hour of it and still be caught up with everything because nothing really happens. The dialog was bland and so were the characters. I also never understood what was so special about Grady. He hid a lot of secrets and he seemed to be a jerk.
Jennifer Garner was alright although at times it seemed like she was just sleepwalking through her performance. Timothy Olyphant was in the same boat as Garner. Kevin Smith was by far the best and he had a few good lines. Juliette Lewis was very annoying and unconvincing. Sam Jaeger was just very wooden and Fiona Shaw was just invisible. Overall, Catch and Release is too harmless to really criticize. It's so light and forgettable which means I only recommend checking it out if you're a big fan of Garner. Rating 5/10
Catch and Release is one of the blandest films I have ever seen. It does nothing wrong but it's way too by-the-numbers to have any real impact on the viewer. Everything about it is too harmless and light to fully register which wouldn't have been a bad thing if the film wasn't asking for my sympathy for the characters. Unfortunately, I didn't really care about them because they were poorly developed and rather annoying. The film goes through 95 minutes worth a footage and I didn't really see any development to them. There were developments to the story with many unnecessary subplots being added but the film was still very distant to its characters.
Director and screenwriter Susannah Grant was apparently doing all of this for a paycheck since she seemed to put in no effort at all. Unlike her previous films, she added no depth which made the film pretty dull. I could have missed half of an hour of it and still be caught up with everything because nothing really happens. The dialog was bland and so were the characters. I also never understood what was so special about Grady. He hid a lot of secrets and he seemed to be a jerk.
Jennifer Garner was alright although at times it seemed like she was just sleepwalking through her performance. Timothy Olyphant was in the same boat as Garner. Kevin Smith was by far the best and he had a few good lines. Juliette Lewis was very annoying and unconvincing. Sam Jaeger was just very wooden and Fiona Shaw was just invisible. Overall, Catch and Release is too harmless to really criticize. It's so light and forgettable which means I only recommend checking it out if you're a big fan of Garner. Rating 5/10