Summer Catch

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Summary: Cliche-filled baseball movie
Review: I went to see Summer Catch (and dragged my daughter to see it so I'd have company) for one reason only--to see Christian Kane, who played Dale Robin, the shortstop. I was quite disappointed that this up-and-coming actor had so few lines, although he did have some good screen time. Bruce Davison, a fine actor, played a role he's been playing so often any more--an intolerant upper-class snob who forces his views on others (X-Men, Star Trek: Voyager, to name a few). Brian Dennehey could also have sleepwalked through his part as the gruff coach with a heart. Fred Ward & Jason Gedrick, as Freddie Prinze Jr.'s father & brother, fared somewhat better. And the little girl who played Jessica Biel's sister was adorable. Beverly D'Angelo was ludicrous in a parody of Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham, with That 70's Show's Wilmer Valderama (sp?) as her Tim Robbins. That was totally gratuitous. Freddie Prinze Jr. has a certain charm, and Jessica Biel is a very pretty girl, but there was too much emphasis on them and not enough on some of the other characters, particularly the other ball players. I think that more attention should have been paid to them. And I did not believe Marc Blucas' character at all (but he also had a couple of good baseball playing scenes). All in all, I'd have been better off watching tapes of Buffy and Angel!

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Summary: Worst Movie Ever Made
Review: First of all, the script is terrible. I have never seen a cornier movie then this. Secondly, come on, get some actors who can actually act. Whovever the main girl is, she is a total flake. Her acting skills are horrible. And Freddie Prince Jr. isn't that great in the first place, but this movie really just brought out the worst acting he is capable of. Do NOT go see this movie. Waste of time and money. I would rather eat cancer infested worms then watch this movie again!

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Summary: No Baseball!!!!
Review: If you are looking for a good baseball movie. Don't see this movie.This movie is nothing but a bunch of sappy love scenes, one after another. So if you like a lot of romance and a very little bit of comedy then go to this movie but if you want baseball count this movie out.

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Summary: SUMMER CATCH It on Video
Review: Is this movie about baseball (a minor leaguer has the chance to go to the majors, but something holds him back). And there is a love story that has no chemistry.
Freddie Prinze, Jr. needs to star in a more serious role. He is always the nice-boy-next-door, and it is becoming sickening.

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Summary: Summer Catch
Review: I saw a preview screaning of the movie and I loved it! It's a great teen movie. The thing that I liked so much about it was that it has something for everybody. The baseball side of it appeals to guys and the love story between Freddy Prinze Jr. and Jessica Biel appeals to girls. It's just a great overall movie. Go see it!

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Summary: Summer Catch, and Hold on TIGHT!
Review: Summer Catch is a movie for all baseball fans to enjoy. It is funny, happy, and entertaining. Prinze and Beil are great together. It is like the two were friends all there lives. Take you family too see this great movie and trust me it will catch your heart.

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Summary: SUCKED!
Review: This shouldn't even be considered a baseball movie! That is like calling M. Night Shamalan's "Signs" a baseball movie because the one guy played baseball. Not worth it at all.

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Summary: A decent movie... if you've got nothing else to do
Review: A pinch of baseball. Three heaping tablespoons of a predictable teenage love story. One half teaspoon of For Love of the Game. Two teen heartthrobs. Shake well. Serve.
So goes the recipe for Summer Catch, Hollywood's latest love story disguised as a baseball movie, starring Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jessica Biel, Jason Gedrick, and Matthew Lillard. Drawing straight from the scripts of past baseball flicks, the love interest of a certain baseball player takes the foreground, while his ultimate success as a player coincides with his eventual realization of true love.
Summer Catch, directed by Michael Tollin, spans a summer in the Cape Cod League, an amateur league for top college baseball players, and follows the on and off-field tribulations of left-handed pitcher Ryan Dunne (Prinze), a local boy with a troubled past. When Dunne meets Tenley Parrish (Biel), a rich girl in town for the summer, a relationship slowly takes shape. But as problems with his temper and focus give him problems between the lines, his social status gives him trouble off the field, and the question becomes whether or not Dunne will be able to salvage either part of his life.
While Summer Catch was an entertaining way to spend a couple hours, it has its share of problems. As is common to nearly all baseball movies, hitters were swinging wildly at mediocre fastballs and hanging breaking balls, and diving catches in the field were commonplace. Casting was questionable at times as well; Billy Brubake (Lillard) is far too tall and skinny to make a believable catcher, and Prinze struggles in the role of "boy with troubled past." His flashes of temper were always short lived, and came across as more spoiled whining than bitter anger. Such scenes usually seemed to come out of nowhere, as he spent most of the movie playing his typical wide-eyed mama's boy character. John C. McGinley turns in a strong performance as a clean-cut scout for the Phillies, however, and is joined in one scene by former major league slugger Hank Aaron, who plays himself in a brief cameo. Lillard provides easy-going comic relief in his role as well, helping to give the team a realistic feel.
Prinze and Biel also lack a basic chemistry, making many of their scenes together seem forced and unnatural. The relationship is made even harder to swallow as Tenley Parrish originally comes across as relentlessly interested in Dunne, despite their first meeting consisting of Dunne being publicly humiliated. Subsequent dates depict Dunne as largely indifferent toward Parrish, until, on one rainy night, they abruptly fall in love.
Summer Catch does do a few things right. The players' mechanics are generally sound, and the film manages to capture at least a hint of the basic camaraderie, vulgarity, and sexual depravity of a typical baseball locker room. And the opening scene, in which Dunne arrives late to the team's first meeting wearing only a woman's thong, makes for an amusing start.
And amusing is truly what Summer Catch is, and even what it is going for. It is not going to win any awards, but that is clearly not the intention of this easy-going flick. It should not even go down as one of the better baseball movies of our time, but nobody really expected it to be on a level with Field of Dreams or Bull Durham. But if you are a baseball fan or a romantic with low expectations, a thick slice of Summer Catch will make for a pleasant dessert on a slow evening.

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Summary: An Embarrassment to baseball
Review: I agree with the previous post, this movie is not about baseball and is for freddie fans only, not baseball fans. Go watch a good baseball movie like bull durham, it doesn't even compare

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Summary: Jamie- definitely inappropriate for kids 13 and under
Review: Growing up in Cape cod, I've been to many of the college league games. However, the baseball games played in summer Catch are almost entirely "unrealistic."
Freddie Prinze, Jr plays Ryan Dunne an emplowee for his fathers gardening business. As it turns out Prinze is a very gifted athlete. He befriends Billy BruBaker who is the comic relief as well as the most comical in the Movie. He also falls in love with Jessica Biel, She is very glamerous. I was not satasfied at all with the movie. In one scene Biels sister ask Lillard and Prinze to sign her baseball card. If I recall, the only time that the Cape league made cards was in the summer of 1988. but enough of the technical stuff. I was definitely embarassed when I saw a 7 year old girl. There are many sexual scenes in the movie which are not even suitable for kids of 13. I suggest you rent the movie. you'll get some laughs and somewhat of a taste of Cape Cod.