Film crumbles when the oppressive frowns are released, turning an amiable diversion into a chore to finish, due in great part to the sheer weight of the distress. The movie never fully recovers from the sour detour.
A Plumm Summer (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 2
Rotten:7
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Television
Synopsis: In this family comedy, it's 1968, and all is well in the tiny town of Peaks View, Montana. That is, until someone kidnaps beloved TV star (and puppet) Froggy Doo. His costar Happy Herb (Henry... In this family comedy, it's 1968, and all is well in the tiny town of Peaks View, Montana. That is, until someone kidnaps beloved TV star (and puppet) Froggy Doo. His costar Happy Herb (Henry Winkler) and the rest of Peaks View can't imagine that someone would kidnap their most popular resident, and soon the FBI arrives to investigate. Based on a true story, A PLUMM SUMMER also stars Jeff Daniels, Billy Baldwin, Lisa Guerrero, Brenda Strong, and Peter Scolari. [More]
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Henry Winkler, Lisa Guerrero, Chris J. Kelly
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Henry Winkler, Lisa Guerrero, Chris J. Kelly, William Baldwin, Steve Altman, Brenda Strong, Richard Riehle, Peter Scolari
Director: Caroline Zelder
Director: Caroline Zelder
Screenwriter: Caroline Zelder, Frank Antonelli, TJ Lynch
Producer: Caroline Zelder, Frank Antonelli
Composer: Tom Hiel
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Release:
May 5, 2009
DVD Features:
- Region [unknown]
- NTSC
- Keep Case - Sensormatic
- Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
- Deleted Scenes
Music Video:
- 1. Behind the scenes music video
Featurette:
- 1. Behind the scenes on the red carpet
Audio Commentary:
- 1. Caroline Zelder - Writer/Director, Frank Antonelli - Writer/Producer
Trailers:
- 1. Theatrical Trailer; TV Spots
Reviews for A Plumm Summer
The shame here is, it's not a terrible movie. It's just pretty amateurish in terms of the direction and some of the performances.
The happy Hardy Boys action takes an uncomfortable back seat to low-rent melodrama.
This family film is willing to tackle important issues such as burgeoning sexuality, alcoholism and a troubled home life but does so in a bland and unconvincing story.
The story mechanics don’t always work—the film vacillates between feeling heartfelt and clumsy.
A proud throwback to '70s family melodramas, such as Where the Red Fern Grows, Plumm seems slow, melodramatic and contrived when compared to contemporary movies.
This might be palatable if it weren't also fraught with leaden direction and horrible acting -- it's a painful thing when William Baldwin's the best actor you've got.
First-time director Caroline Zelder brings warmth and restraint to this tale of Montana child detectives on the case of a beloved frog puppet that, to the devastation of its over-invested owner-operator (Henry Winkler), goes missing.
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