A rich girl whose family summers on Cape Cod has a romance with a local poor boy who hopes to become a major league baseball player.A rich girl whose family summers on Cape Cod has a romance with a local poor boy who hopes to become a major league baseball player.A rich girl whose family summers on Cape Cod has a romance with a local poor boy who hopes to become a major league baseball player.
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Did you know
- TriviaMarc Blucas' character can be seen wearing a Wake Forest basketball cap early in the movie. It is black with a yellow "WF" on the front. Blucas actually attended and played basketball on a full scholarship to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem North Carolina. He started along with Tim Duncan there.
- GoofsDuring the season opener the announcer mentions that hitter Billy Brubaker has been struggling with the wood bats this season. Obviously he would not know this, nor is it possible since this is the season opener.
- Alternate versionsDVD release features 12 minutes of deleted scenes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Beyond Clueless (2014)
- SoundtracksSweet Summer
Written by Aaron Kamin and Alex Band
Produced by Radford and Trent Slatton
Performed by Radford
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label, a Unit of BMG Entertainment
Featured review
Why does Freddie Prinze, Jr. keep getting roles?
Upon seeing this movie on video over the weekend, I struggled to decide if this movie or "Ghosts of Mars" was the worst movie of 2001. Now that I have had time to think about it, there is no question in my mind that "Summer Catch" is the "winner".
It was hard to decide where to begin with this turkey. But since this is an obvious Freddie Prinze vehicle, let's start there. In all of his movies, Freddie wants us to think that he is more than just a pretty-boy jock with styrofoam popcorn jammed into his brain cavity, despite the fact that his acting ability always leads us to think even less of him. It is impossible to make Freddie appear like a sympathetic character to the audience as Freddie delivers his hackneyed lines without passion. This movie is no exception. Why do writers, directors, producers, casting agents, etc. think that they can pass this nitwit off as a sympathetic character? In short, he's terrible.
Next, the plot. Not a bad initial idea for a movie. Freddie is the local boy who makes the local team in the Cape Cod Baseball League (a premier amatuer league for college players) and gets one last chance to make it to the big leagues. But that's where the good ideas end. The writers (I'm assuming it was a committee of marketing reps who wrote this movie) introduce us to so many tired conventions that we soon lose track of them: rich girl, poor boy love story; dead mother; drunk father; aloof brother; prior opportunities for glory blown...etc. etc. Freddie has to overcome more obstacles than Job. Each one of these story lines is presented in a predictable way that leads to over-acting and mellowdramatic slop. There are many other tired cliches, some that work better than others. There is the grizzled coach (admirably played by Brian Dennehy), the loony sidekick (well-played by the talented Matthew Lillard, why does this guy continue to team up with Freddie?), and the annoying little sister (who shouldn't have been included in this story at all). While a formula like this sometimes works, it is just too forced in this movie.
I was going to continue writing about this, but I feel now as though I'm wasting my time. Do yourself a favor and pass this one over and go rent "Bang the Drum Slowly" if you really want to see a baseball movie.
It was hard to decide where to begin with this turkey. But since this is an obvious Freddie Prinze vehicle, let's start there. In all of his movies, Freddie wants us to think that he is more than just a pretty-boy jock with styrofoam popcorn jammed into his brain cavity, despite the fact that his acting ability always leads us to think even less of him. It is impossible to make Freddie appear like a sympathetic character to the audience as Freddie delivers his hackneyed lines without passion. This movie is no exception. Why do writers, directors, producers, casting agents, etc. think that they can pass this nitwit off as a sympathetic character? In short, he's terrible.
Next, the plot. Not a bad initial idea for a movie. Freddie is the local boy who makes the local team in the Cape Cod Baseball League (a premier amatuer league for college players) and gets one last chance to make it to the big leagues. But that's where the good ideas end. The writers (I'm assuming it was a committee of marketing reps who wrote this movie) introduce us to so many tired conventions that we soon lose track of them: rich girl, poor boy love story; dead mother; drunk father; aloof brother; prior opportunities for glory blown...etc. etc. Freddie has to overcome more obstacles than Job. Each one of these story lines is presented in a predictable way that leads to over-acting and mellowdramatic slop. There are many other tired cliches, some that work better than others. There is the grizzled coach (admirably played by Brian Dennehy), the loony sidekick (well-played by the talented Matthew Lillard, why does this guy continue to team up with Freddie?), and the annoying little sister (who shouldn't have been included in this story at all). While a formula like this sometimes works, it is just too forced in this movie.
I was going to continue writing about this, but I feel now as though I'm wasting my time. Do yourself a favor and pass this one over and go rent "Bang the Drum Slowly" if you really want to see a baseball movie.
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- nick_clemons
- Jan 3, 2002
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Box office
- Budget
- $34,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,753,553
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,018,593
- Aug 26, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $19,772,447
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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