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.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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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
Worn plot, tepid romance
`Summer Catch' gets points for trying hard, but it is saddled with so many liabilities that it crashes and burns without getting much altitude. The script is a mish mash of tired themes. Small town boy makes good meets boy from the wrong side of the tracks meets baseball underdog gets big break. The film tries to bill itself as another `Bull Durham' but it has none of the subtlety, comedy or insider perspective of that film. Mostly this is just another lightweight Freddie Prinze, Jr. romantic comedy where Jessica Biel is the catch of the day.
Prinze plays his standard romantic hero role and tries to throw in some baseball. He is fair at both but keeps getting outshined by his supporting cast. I've never really understood the big sensation over Jessica Biel. She shows in this film that her acting is far inferior to her looks. Biel and Prinze interact like marble statues, nice to look at but no chemistry whatever.
The best performances were given by supporting cast members. Fred Ward does a terrific job as Ryan's dad. Brian Dennehy is always fabulous in supporting roles and does not disappoint as the coach of the A's. Brittany Murphy does a fantastic wild thing, with a provocative earthiness that is simultaneously seductive and cute.
There is not much substance here. The baseball scenes are weak and the romance is tepid. The film has some endearing moments but fails to distinguish itself except that it gets goofy far too often. I rated it a 5/10. Fans of Prinze and Biel will enjoy seeing them look sexy for an hour and three quarters. Others might want to miss it.
Prinze plays his standard romantic hero role and tries to throw in some baseball. He is fair at both but keeps getting outshined by his supporting cast. I've never really understood the big sensation over Jessica Biel. She shows in this film that her acting is far inferior to her looks. Biel and Prinze interact like marble statues, nice to look at but no chemistry whatever.
The best performances were given by supporting cast members. Fred Ward does a terrific job as Ryan's dad. Brian Dennehy is always fabulous in supporting roles and does not disappoint as the coach of the A's. Brittany Murphy does a fantastic wild thing, with a provocative earthiness that is simultaneously seductive and cute.
There is not much substance here. The baseball scenes are weak and the romance is tepid. The film has some endearing moments but fails to distinguish itself except that it gets goofy far too often. I rated it a 5/10. Fans of Prinze and Biel will enjoy seeing them look sexy for an hour and three quarters. Others might want to miss it.
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- Jan 19, 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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