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| 2001 |
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Rated: PG-13 for sexual content,
language, and drinking. |
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Genre: Comedy/Drama Romance |
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Directed By: Mike Tollin |
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Running Time: 2:03 |
| Review
by: Felix Vasquez Jr. |
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Review Date: |
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary - 1.
Jessica Beil - Star, Mike Tollin - Director
Additional Scenes
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Film Highlights - 1. Cast
2. Mike Tollin - Director |
| If you like this,
try: The Rookie, Field of Dreams |
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SUMMER CATCH
(foul ball) |
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In the movie, we meet Ryan Dunne, a young baseball
hopeful who, along with many others, are hoping to be discovered on the
Cape Cod baseball league. While doing that, He is courting the local rich girl Tenley Parrish played by Jessica Biel. But her father will stop at nothing to
stand in the way of their love. This is a simple dumb summer film, ergo the
title, which is a pretty fun movie to watch..... that's all.
Ahoy, we have another stinker from the depths of
teenage heartthrob/ terrible actor Freddie Prinze Jr. We get this fiasco which
has no idea what to do with itself or where to go in fact. Throughout the entire
flick I'm not sure whether this is a romance, a sports drama, or a coming-of-age
comedy farce. None of which makes a difference due to the fact that this movie
is beyond terrible. First off, we have Freddie Prinze Jr. who pretends to be a
the good guy and does nothing but parade around most of the time without his
shirt and chasing Jessica Biel around in their convoluted and tedious romance in
the movie. The romance blossoms almost instantly and blooms into an annoying one
at that. Matthew Lillard attempts to save the movies terrible plot by spewing
incredibly horrid dialogue that might have been funny ten years ago.
This presents all the aspects
of a bad movie: a plot that goes nowhere, an uninteresting main character, a bad
love story, terrible supporting characters, and even worse dialogue. So in
conclusion of my bashing, I have two words for Freddie Prinze Jr.: early retirement.

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