Catch Me... I'm in Love is a 2011 Filipino romantic comedy film directed by Mae Czarina Cruz and starring Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson. 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.
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Plot
Roanne Sanchez (Sarah Geronimo), a young girl with high ideals about romance is assigned to accompany the spoiled son of the president, Enrique "Eric" Rodriguez III (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.
Cast
Sarah Geronimo as Roanne Sanchez
Gerald Anderson as Enrique "Eric" Rodriguez III
Christopher de Leon as President Enrique Rodriguez Jr.
Joey Marquez as Mr. Sanchez
Dawn Zulueta as First Lady Elena Rodriguez
Matteo Guidicelli as Vitto
Arlene Muhlach as Mrs. Sanchez
Ketchup Eusebio as Jojo
Janus del Prado as Dan
Dino Imperial as Rojie
Sam Pinto as Nicole Morales
Alchris Galura as Paolo
Fred Payawan as PSG Head
Ian "Duday" Galliguez as Girlie
Charee Pineda as Charms
Roden Araneta as NGO Supervisor
Ariel "Hyubs" Azarcon as Mario
Josef Elizalde as Erick's friend
Princess Manzon as Cara
Olive Cruz as Cate
Amante Pulido as Mang Cris
Idda Yaneza as Aling Bic-Bic
Lito Legaspi as Governor Morales
Buddy Palad as Mayor
Erik Santos and Gretchen Fullido appear in cameo roles as themselves.
Reception
Critical response
Critical reception of the film has been mostly positive. PEP.ph stated that "Catch Me... I'm In Love is a simple love story with a lot of heart". 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 film by quoting "No doubt, this movie's intention is to just make kilig the viewers and Director Mae Cruz definitely succeeds in her intentions".
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 one 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.Philippine Box Office Weekends For 2021