Summer Catch (2001)
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Critic Consensus: A cliched and predictable sports comedy that's mostly devoid of excitement or laughs, Summer Catch is strictly bush-league.
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Cast
as Ryan Dunne
as Tenley Parrish
as Sean Dunne
as Rand Parrish
as Mike Dunne
as Dede Mulligan
as Miles Dalrymple
as Billy Brubaker
as Coach John Schiffner
as Mickey Dominguez
as Auggie
as Pete
as Katie Parrish
as Eric Van Leemer
as Dale Robin
as Vivi Parrish
as Calvin Knight
as Himself
as Phillies Scout (uncredited)
as Lusty House Mother (uncredited)
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Vivi Parrish
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Jenna
as Himself
as Scout in Black Hat
as Lauren
as Marjorie
as Chris Hunt
as Hyannis Batter
as Statistician
as Umpire
as Fan
as Angry Fan
as Vasser Graduate
as Coach Sully
as Chatham Pitcher
as Chatham A No.1
as Chatham A No.2
Critic Reviews for Summer Catch
All Critics (91) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (84) | DVD (4)
It's a movie that should have been called on account of boredom.
As the script works toward its big-game finale, it pauses now and then to rip off Bull Durham, to let Biel spout Successories-worthy words of encouragement, and to touch on subplots involving Prinze's familiar-faced teammates.
Maybe the filmmakers figured that the audience for Summer Catch is too young to have seen Bull Durham.
When it comes to funny business, Tollin's got game, and he makes the most of some talented supporting players on his bench.
[An] awful light drama.
Because I'm a baseball fan, I tend to be an easy mark for baseball-themed movies, but something as badly focused and feebly scripted as Summer Catch just makes me wish for the Fall.
Audience Reviews for Summer Catch
Freddy and Matthew Lillard two of the worst actors since the millennium. Brittany Murphy awful, Jessica Biel good lawd shawty, but movie is pretty bad. Terrible Boston accents only make this movie worse.
Super Reviewer
Cute film but not much really to it.
Super Reviewer
Class consciousness sustains the primary drama in this well-intentioned little tale. Freddie Prinze Jr. plays a blue-collar kid from Cape Cod who joins a roster of college hopefuls in an effort to get signed by a professional baseball team. That portion of the story plays out reasonably well; the hero's developing relationship with wealthy Vassar graduate Jessica Biel is less successful, because Biel can't act a lick. Everytime she utters a line, the film grinds to a dead stop. The script's smarmy sexuality also doesn't help; all concerned would have been better off concentrating on baseball and male bonding.
Super Reviewer
Summer Catch Quotes
| Billy Brubaker: | That is unhealthy |
| Billy Brubaker: | That is unhealthy. |
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