Catch Me, I'm in Love

Catch Me, I'm in Love
Theatrical movie poster
Directed by	Mae Cruz-Alviar
Produced by	Charo Santos-Concio Malou Santos Vic del Rosario
Starring	Sarah Geronimo Gerald Anderson Arlene Muhlach Dawn Zulueta Christopher De Leon Joey Marquez Julia Montes
Production company	ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. Viva Films
Distributed by	Star Cinema
Release dates	March 23, 2011 (2011-03-23)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog English
Box office	130 million (USD: $2,785,978)[1]

Catch Me... I'm in Love is a 2011 Filipino romantic film starring Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson.^[2] It was released on March 23, 2011. This was the first team-up of Anderson and Geronimo on the silver screen; both of them already worked in a commercial advertisement.^[3]

They made their second movie of the tandem entitled Won't Last A Day Without You which premiered nationwide last November 30 at the same year.

Plot

Roanne Sanchez, a young girl with high ideals about romance is assigned to accompany the spoiled son of the president, Eric Rodriguez (Gerald Anderson) as he goes on an immersion trip. Coming from different worlds, the two find much to fight about, but sudden attraction between then soon gets the better of them. ^[4]

Cast

Main Cast

• Sarah Geronimo as Roan Sanchez
• Gerald Anderson as Enrique "Eric" Rodriguez III

Supporting Cast

• Sam Pinto as Nicole Morales
• Matteo Guidicelli as Vitto
• Julia Montes as Nikka
• Joey Marquez as Mr. Sanchez
• Arlene Muhlach as Mrs. Sanchez
• Fred Payawan as PSG Head
• Charee Pineda as Charms
• Dino Imperial as Rojie
• Janus Del Prado as Dan
• Ketchup Eusebio as Jojo
• Ian Galliguez as Girlie
• Lito Legaspi as Mr. Morales
• Alchris Galura as Paolo
• Roden Araneta as NGO Supervisor
• Princess Manzon as Cara
• Josef Elizalde as Erick's Friend

Very Special Participation

• Dawn Zulueta as First Lady Elena Rodriguez
• Christopher De Leon as President Enrique Rodriguez Jr.

Cameo Roles

• Erik Santos as Himself
• Gretchen Fullido as Herself

Reception

Critical response

Critical reception of the film has been mostly positive from PEP.ph stating that "Catch Me...I'm In Love is a simple love story with a lot of heart".^[5] Mario Bautista of People's Journal praised Sarah's acting abilities quoting "She's a natural comedian who's very charming in her hilarious scenes but she also handles her dramatic scenes well", remarked about Gerald Anderson saying "He certainly proves he can be on his own and not just identified with his love team with Kim Chiu" and lastly praised Director Mae Cruz for the movie by quoting "No doubt, this movie's intention is to just make kilig the viewers and Director Mae Cruz definitely succeeds in her intentions".^[6]

Box office

According to Philippine Box Office Index and Weekend Box Office of Box Office Mojo the film debuted at 15.95 million placing at number 1 over Sucker Punch which debuted at 14.14 million. As of May 11, 2011 after 31 days of screenings, the film has had a total gross of P 120.88 million. ^[7]

Awards

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