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Catch and Release | 2007 | PG-13 | - 6.3.4

Jennifer Garner stars as a woman whose fiancé dies in a boating accident and leaves her grieving but befuddled when she discovers that there might have been another woman (Juliette Lewis) in his life. Also with Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger and Fiona Shaw. Directed by Susannah Grant. [1:51]

SEX/NUDITY 6 - A woman climbs into bed with a man, they kiss passionately and caress each other, and they have sex (we see him thrusting on top of her).
 A man and a woman kiss passionately, he puts her on a counter in a bathroom, he thrusts, she moans and calls out as they climax; another woman is in the bathtub, unbeknownst to them.
 A man and a woman flirt, and he opens her shirt to reveal a tattoo on her chest (the side of one breast is visible).
 A woman massages a man's back, and then his front and when her hand moves below his waist he stops her.
 A man and a woman lie in bed kissing (he is bare-chested and her bare shoulders are visible) and it is implied that they have had sex. A man and a woman kiss passionately after the woman slaps the man in the face. A man and a woman kiss.
 A woman wears low-cut tops and short skirts that reveal cleavage and bare thighs in several scenes, women wear low-cut dresses that reveal cleavage in several scenes, and a man wears a tank T-shirt in a few scenes.
 A woman says that she once had sex with another woman and a man asks a question about positions. A man writes a crude remark about a woman performing oral sex on a man. A woman quizzes a man about his love life and he confesses his love for her.
 A woman climbs into a hospital bed with a man (nothing sexual implied).

VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man talks about a skiing accident where another man had his throat slit by a snow board and blood trailed down the slope in the snow. We hear that a man died in a boating accident.
 A woman slaps a man in the face, and then tries to do so again but he holds her hands. Two men wrestle and one is tackled to the floor.
 A man and a boy catch a fish, and the boy jumps on it repeatedly while it lies on the ground (we do not see the fish). We see a man in a hospital after a suicide attempt.
 Two men drop a sleeping woman on the floor (she has taken a sleep aid and does not wake up).
 A man throws a bottle and it breaks against a kitchen cabinet.
 A woman hyperventilates and is angry when she finds out something about her dead fiancé.
 A woman says that she can put her whole fist in her mouth.

LANGUAGE 4 - A woman says "F.U." 4 times, a woman says "Effen P.O.ed," 7 sexual references, 7 scatological terms, 5 anatomical terms, 8 mild obscenities, name-calling (bloated), 20 religious exclamations.

SUBSTANCE USE - A man puts a marijuana cigarette in his mouth and prepares to light it but does not. A man drinks alcohol in almost every scene he is in (ranging from vodka to beer), a woman drinks beer in a bar and appears to be drunk, a man drinks a bottle of wine, and several people drink beer in several scenes. A man takes a prescription sleep aid and drinks alcohol, and a woman takes a prescribed sleep aid.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Death of a loved one (son, fiancé, friend), grief, infidelity, children out of wedlock, unrequited love, responsibility, guilt, depression, jealousy, paternity, DNA testing, sorrow, cruelty to animals, fly fishing, secrets, Tracy Lords.

MESSAGE - Sometimes it takes shocking events to make us find out who we really are.

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