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Ma vie sans lui

Original title: Catch and Release
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
30K
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Juliette Lewis, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Garner, Sam Jaeger, Timothy Olyphant, and Joshua Friesen in Ma vie sans lui (2006)
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Quirky ComedyRomantic ComedyComedyDramaRomance

A woman struggles to accept the death of her fiancé and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life.A woman struggles to accept the death of her fiancé and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life.A woman struggles to accept the death of her fiancé and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life.

  • Director
    • Susannah Grant
  • Writer
    • Susannah Grant
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Garner
    • Timothy Olyphant
    • Kevin Smith
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    30K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Susannah Grant
    • Writer
      • Susannah Grant
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Garner
      • Timothy Olyphant
      • Kevin Smith
    • 154User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jennifer Garner
    Jennifer Garner
    • Gray
    Timothy Olyphant
    Timothy Olyphant
    • Fritz
    Kevin Smith
    Kevin Smith
    • Sam
    Sam Jaeger
    Sam Jaeger
    • Dennis
    Juliette Lewis
    Juliette Lewis
    • Maureen
    Joshua Friesen
    • Mattie
    Fiona Shaw
    Fiona Shaw
    • Mrs. Douglas
    Tina Lifford
    Tina Lifford
    • Eve
    Georgia Craig
    Georgia Craig
    • Persephone
    Christopher Redman
    Christopher Redman
    • Flower Delivery Guy
    Joyce Krenz
    Joyce Krenz
    • Housekeeper
    Sonja Bennett
    Sonja Bennett
    • Caterer
    Yorgo Constantine
    Yorgo Constantine
    • Co-Worker
    Dan Parker
    • Deadhead Singer
    Nancy Hower
    Nancy Hower
    • Deadhead Singer
    Jennifer Spence
    Jennifer Spence
    • Comforting Friend
    Kyla Wise
    Kyla Wise
    • Comforting Friend
    • (as Kyla Anderson)
    Leanna Nash
    • Comforting Friend
    • Director
      • Susannah Grant
    • Writer
      • Susannah Grant
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    User reviews154

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    9Mama-C

    A dark comedy worth seeing

    Kevin Smith was definitely the comic relief in this movie. According to Smith, he claims that he can't act and that's why he plays Silent Bob. I say -- NOT TRUE!!! Kevin Smith was perfect as "Sam" and his acting was very good. Jennifer Garner is always a pleasure to watch. She always plays her characters true to form and this movie was no different. I had a bit of a problem with Timothy Olyphant's character, Fritz. There was definitely something missing from the way he was in the beginning of the film to where we saw him end up. Perhaps Ms. Grant will add a few more scenes to eliminate the confusion. Juliette Lewis was just darling and gave a very convincing performance. This film releases in January 2007 so get ready to have some fun.
    7Moristoteles

    Enjoyable romantic drama whose weighty central metaphor doesn't quite work

    The title of Susannah Grant's 2006 film refers to the practice of catching a fish for sport then releasing it (rather than frying, broiling, or sauteeing it). The central character Gray (played most fetchingly by Jennifer Garner) is coming to terms with the death of her fiancé and in the process learning a good deal more about him than she thought there was to know. Loosening up about two-thirds through the film "in the company of his friends: lighthearted and comic Sam, hyper-responsible Dennis, and, oddly enough, his old childhood buddy Fritz, an irresponsible playboy whom she'd previously pegged as one of the least reliable people in the world" (as IMDb puts it), she admits that though she never told her fiancé or his friends, she abhors their practice of catching and releasing fish for sport. "If you're going to put a poor fish through the agony of being caught, you ought to have the decency to eat it" (that's a paraphrase).

    "Catch and release" seems intended as a symbol of the coming to terms with the loss not only on the part of Gray, but also on the part of the fiancé's friends and mother (played effectively by Fiona Shaw). All of them have significant adjustments to make. But the association of this mental and emotional process with the abhorrent act of torturing a fish doesn't seem to me to work. The psychic process emphasizes the person dealing with loss (the fisherman, as it were), while the sport seems to emphasize the poor fish (which suffers in the catching, while the fisherman invests no psychic effort whatsoever in releasing it).

    Though the film invites viewers to reflect on the patience that a significant loss demands of us that we may release and let go, it doesn't really drive the point home. Like the fishing metaphor, the film seems to be more about the catching of the next fish (a new love interest).
    6darkboarder84

    Something to watch when nothing else is on.

    Let's put it this way.... right before this movie, I had just watched 28 weeks later (highly recommend btw). It was It was one o clock in the morning, all the lights were off in my house, I was in my basement, and I was alone. There was no way I was making all the way up to my room. So I decided to stay and watch t.v. for a bit and find something cute and sweet to watch. THat is exactly what Catch and Release offered to me.

    But cute and sweet are basically the only two words that I can find to correctly describe this movie. It was not good but it definitely was not bad. Its a good movie to watch when nothing else is on. Please do not waste your time and money and rent this movie but if its one o clock in the morning, you don't feel like going to bed, and nothing else is on, then I say what the heck, you might as well watch it if its on HBO or something.
    6fmwongmd

    cute

    A romantic comedy a bit difficult to believe but with good acting and a strong song score. Jennifer Garner and Tim Olyphant were particularly strong in their roles.
    6kosmasp

    Love yourself (and others)

    A bit overlong it may be (it is), but it is very likeable. That is, if you are not fed up or generally annoyed by romantic comedies. Jennifer Garner is someone almost everyone can relate to and an indiviual that most people can fall in love with. Or at least find enchanting.

    And then you have Timothy Olyphant. A really good actor, who can be tough, but also very fragile and loving. Something his character totally plays into. The cast in general is pretty good, having to keep the audiences attention for that long. It has the usual trappings of romantic movies, but that was to expect and nothing that should void the fun you can have with the movie

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Jennifer Garner was pregnant while filming this movie.
    • Goofs
      Fritz tells Gray that Grady's child was conceived "at a Halloween party," but when Gray first meets the child's mother she says the child will be "four next October." A child conceived on Halloween would be born near the end of July. It is also very possible that Fritz made up the conception date since most of the rest of that story was also incorrect. This is not a goof. When Fritz tells Gray that the baby was conceived at Halloween, he was lying. It was the same conversation where he said that the kid was "7 or 8", when we later learn that the kid was actually 3 and the product of an ongoing affair and not a one-night stand at a Halloween party.
    • Quotes

      Gray: What's your favorite color?

      Fritz: Gray.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Alpha Dog/Arthur and the Invisibles/Seraphim Falls/Catch and Release/Alone with Her (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Razor
      Written by Dave Grohl

      Performed by Foo Fighters

      Courtesy of RCA Records Label/Roswell Records

      By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 2020 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Sanskrit
    • Also known as
      • Las vueltas de la vida
    • Filming locations
      • Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Tall Trees Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,539,051
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,658,898
      • Jan 28, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,162,580
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 2h 4m(124 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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