| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"The film's a pleasant enough daydream before it turns all squoodgy at the end." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Zwecker |
"As the male romantic lead, Olyphant touches all the right grace notes..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...forgettable seriocomic blather..." more... |
C |
E! Online
Jenny Sundel |
"All in all, a good date movie with a nice twist--even if you saw it coming." more... |
B |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"With so much meaningless romantic-comedy seaweed caught in Catch and Release's narrative net, it's useless to sift through for clarity." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore |
"...a likable romantic comedy that delivers enough laughs and star appeal to fare reasonably well in the date-movie department, even if it doesn't entirely live up to its ambitions." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"To rise to the level of blandness, it would need to have a few gallons of Tabasco dumped into it." more... |
D- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...refreshing for what it doesn't have." more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a confused, disjointed motion picture that tries to be many things and succeeds in being none." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...wants to respect the mess of love and loss but winds up smoothing all its rough edges with a Hollywood pumice stone." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...the clever script gives a lot for the supporting players to do..." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Release yourself from boredom by giving it a miss." more... |
C- |
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