Catch and Release (film)

Catch and Release is a 2006 romantic comedy film released by Columbia Pictures. It is the directorial debut of Susannah Grant, who wrote the film Erin Brockovich. It stars Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Kevin Smith, Sam Jaeger and Juliette Lewis. After Gray Wheelers Garner fianc dies, she seeks comfort in his friends. While dealing with her fiancs secrets, Gray falls for his best friend Fritz Olyphant.

Gray Wheeler Jennifer Garner attends the funeral of her fianc, Grady, on the day they were supposed to be married. Gray seeks solace in a bathtub, where she is forced to listen to Gradys best friend, Fritz Timothy Olyphant, having sex with a waitress. Gray visits an attorney to determine what will happen to Gradys estate. As Grady did not have a will and he and Gray were not married, she will not inherit his money. The attorney reveals that Grady had an investment account with a million dollars in it, which Gray knew nothing about. She determines that she can no longer afford to rent the house that they had picked out, and with the help of Gradys friends Dennis Sam Jaeger and Sam Kevin Smith, she puts her things into storage and moves in with them. Fritz also comes to stay, which causes tension between himself and Gray. Gray learns Grady transferred 3,000 every month to an unknown person.Gray finds Gradys cell phone and listens to a string of messages from a woman asking about money. After noting the phone number area code is for Los Angeles, Gray asks Fritz for answers and he reveals that Grady had a son, whose mother depended on the money she received from him. Fritz tells Gray that the boy is eight and that the encounter happened before she and Grady were involved. Meanwhile, Gray is upset further when Gradys mother, Mrs. Douglas Fiona Shaw, asks for the engagement ring back. She refuses and keeps the ring. The other woman, Maureen Juliette Lewis, and her son, Mattie, turn up, trying to get answers about Grady and the money. Gray learns that Mattie is actuallyyears old and realises the affair happened while she and Grady were together. Gray confronts Fritz and slaps him, but he pins her arms against the wall and they kiss. ........

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