In addition, Gray soon finds out not only does her late fiancé’s best friend Fritz develop feelings for her, but his business partner Dennis has them as well.

This was fairly well written, but there needs to be more set up for some scenes.

I get the feeling the DVD is going to be loaded with deleted scenes. There are a handful of moments where Gray and Fritz nearly sleep with each other, even though it’s never been established—hurting or loving—why they would.

Lewis stood out as the hippie mother from Los Angeles, while Kevin Smith (Clerks II) was the movie’s main comic relief. Like the movie, he didn’t suck. One of the funniest scenes in the movie involved Lewis, as a massage therapist, giving Smith’s character a back rub in a series of jump cut one liners. Very funny.

I think what makes this picture a little unique is the fact that it’s a Colorado story, which we don’t see many of. It takes place in Boulder, Colo., and it incorporates the town and its people into the film’s flavor; everyone owns a mountain bike, everyone fishes, the downtown area is covered in street performers. It was amusing to me as an immigrated Coloradoan.

The situations in the story were pretty strong, but the characters needed a little work in their inner motivations. It was a little sketchy in that regards. This was far from the best project from writer/director Susannah Grant, who also scripted such women-empowering films as “28 Days,” “Erin Brockovich” and “In Her Shoes.” This was her first feature film as a director though.

Overall, “Catch and Release” was a pretty nice slice-of-life picture which I would wait to see it on DVD. The big screen doesn’t help the picture at all except for maybe the mountain scenery.