I saw Catch and Release last night. A sappy romantic comedy with Jennifer Garner in it. It was awful. SO bad. And this coming from someone who thinks Cutting Edge is a good movie.
Catch and Release is about woman whose fiance dies just before the wedding. I thought (and I think the director thought too) that the movie was supposed to be about her coping with the loss by spending time with her dead fiance's friends (and of course, eventually falling for one of them). That's the premise, but the execution was so poor.
[Aside: If you want to see a really good movie about the same kind of loss, watch Moonlight Mile (2002) with a still not-so-famous Jake Gyllenhaal.]
And what was weird about this movie was that not only was Kevin Smith in it, he had a pretty big role too. Kevin Smith made Clerks, Chasing Amy, and Mall Rats. Those were really good movies. He understands what goes into a good film. You really don't need a lot of money, what you need is a killer script and some smart editing. Catch and Release had a script that sounded like it was written by the guys who did 7th Heaven or Party of 5. It had a TV vibe to it, and not just because of Garner. Catch and Release went nowhere very quickly. The writers didn't know what to do with the characters -- there was no plot. There were pretty scenes of Boulder, Colorado, but there was no plot.
Also in the movie was Juliette Lewis, who I think is absolutely brilliant, but who was absolutely too good for this movie. Such a waste of talent.
[Aside: Why doesn't Juliette Lewis make more movies? She's totally underrated.]
[More aside: OMG! I just looked up Catch and Release on IMDB and the woman who wrote it, wrote Party of 5! I just said that to make a point and without looking it up. I actually guessed correctly. I am a genius.]
So there, that's Catch and Release for you. A strong cast, but with a script written for Jennifer Love Hewitt.
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