Plumm Summer (2008)
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 8
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 2
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A highly unlikely crime helps bring together two brothers in this nostalgic comedy drama. Rocky Plumm (Owen Pearce) is a five-year-old boy growing up in a small Montana town in the mid-'60s. In Rocky's eyes, there's no star bigger or brighter than local kid's show host Happy Herb (Henry Winkler), who appears on TV weekday afternoons with his puppet friend Froggy Doo. When the Froggy Doo puppet is stolen, Happy Herb's show goes off the air until the doll can be found, which only adds to Rocky's
Apr 25, 2008 Wide
May 5, 2009
Freestyle Releasing
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Cast
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William Baldwin
Mick Plumm -
Lisa Guerrero
Roxie Plumm -
Owen Pearce
Rocky Plumm -
Chris Kelly
Elliot Plumm -
Henry Winkler
Happy Herb -
Brenda Strong
Viv -
Peter Scolari
Agent Hardigan -
Rick Overton
Agent Brinkman -
Morgan Flynn
Haley Dubois -
Jeff Daniels
Narrator -
Clint Howard
Binky the Clown -
Richard Riehle
Art Bublin -
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All Critics (11) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (8) | DVD (1)
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.
Top CriticThis 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.
Feels like an homage to a bygone era of moviemaking.
While ninety percent of the film is good for the family, there is ten percent that I will caution parents on.
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.
Coming-of-age tale set in 1960s Montana.
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.
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for Plumm Summer
It all takes place in a splendid rural Montana town, circa 1960. Mom and Dad Plumm (Lisa Guerrero and Alec Baldwin) and their two sons, teenager Elliot and little Rocky, have their issues to deal with, but relatively speaking things are fairly blissful. Until local TV hero Froggy Doo is kidnapped. Hey, I tried to warn you.
Taking the shape of one Elliot's Hardy Boys books, the two Plumm brothers, with the help of Elliot's new heartthrob Haley, set off to solve the mystery.
It should be noted that this is probably an excellent film for a young family to enjoy together. Aside from Mr. Plumm's drinking problem, there's nothing to shield your kids from if that is what you are usually prone to do. But you might want to dump some shots in your hot chocolate for yourself to help you get through this.
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