Catch and Release Critic Reviews

Rough around the edges, but once you get used to the laconic pace, the plot grooves along nicely.Read the full review

Take away the death and revelations that follow, and Catch And Release has the makings of a weekly half-hour network comedy--call it "Four's Company."Read the full review

An oddly appealing, if innocuous, movie of considerable charm.Read the full review

Although I find the term "chick flick" odious, I imagine that Columbia Pictures regards Catch and Release as exactly that, although there are signs that Ms. Grant was reaching for something more layered and subtle than the usual fairy-tale formulaRead the full review

There's a funkier and more interesting movie in Maureen, a character played by Juliette Lewis. Maureen is a single mom, a massage therapist, and a dimwit California follower of every new-age theory out there. She's a nasal, needy wreck, and Catch and Release is torn between adoring her and making ruthless fun of her.Read the full review

Gray says she hates fishermen who catch and release: Getting jerked around hurts the jaw. See this movie and you'll know the feeling.Read the full review

A so-so romantic dramedy.Read the full review

Because so little of it works, the film is disposable.Read the full review

I just don't know any chick who will make sense of this flick -- it's that blitheringly out of touch with present psychosexual (never mind feminist) time and space.Read the full review