Summer Catch

PG-13

Released Aug 24, 2001

1 hr. 48 min.

Romance

Comedy

List

8%

91 Reviews

Tomatometer

41%

50,000+ Ratings

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A coming-of-age romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Local boy Ryan Dunne (Freddie Prinze Jr.), now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish (Jessica Biel), the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley fall in love, much to the chagrin of their families, while Ryan clings to one last hope of being discovered and signed to a pro baseball contract.

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Critics 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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Steve M

Just a little rom-com mixed in with sports and rich-poor class action. If you take it at that, it's okay.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/13/23

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Mattox K

This movie is plain terrible. It's not only unfunny, but that was it's only quality it tried to make. The movie is stupid, don't watch unless you're curious.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/27/23

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Audience Member

I'll preface my review by admitting that this movie is by no means artistically sound and falls victim to cliches and lousy writing. However, when I found out this movie had a tomato score of 8% I couldn't believe it. I mean cmon people. You're gonna tell me that you sat through this movie watching pretty sick baseball scenes, fat jokes galore, Freddie Prinze switching in and out of accents, and Jessica Biel coming out of a pool in slo-mo and was not entertained? I refuse to believe that and officially disown those who contributed to the 8% score. Also, shout out to my girl Didi for breaking Bru's slump

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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About as cheesy as it gets lol . Like a hallmark movie with a baseball theme in the background. Has a heart and couple of chuckles :) as a baseball fan (and Jessica Beil may have been the best part :)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/12/21

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There are funny lines that are laughably triggering with recognized comedic energy alongside a predated dynamic as the film's main selling point and rare ideologically delivered occasions of points across, but the strategic play in between two genres of sports and romance becomes simply predictable in repetitive buildup questionably unexplained threads. (B-)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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jordan m

This movie kept itself from being a bad rom-com by keeping a lot of attention on the sports, as I am and will always be a sucker for sports movies. The relationship between Biel & Prinze was so unlikely and bad that even the movie's dialogue pokes fun at it. The couple of times where the movie's comedy rose to the level of chuckleworthy were extremely isolated and a lot of the comedy was distastefully directed toward fat women despite their example of one not even being very big. Biel was definitely hot in this though, and they did a good job making her a swimmer for the obvious purpose of showing off her assets.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Michael Tollin

Director

Freddie Prinze Jr.

Ryan Dunne

Jessica Biel

Tenley Parrish

Matthew Lillard

Billy "Bru" Brubaker

Brian Dennehy

Coach John Schiffner

Fred Ward

Sean Dunne

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

It's a movie that should have been called on account of boredom.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 8, 2014

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Keith Phipps

AV Club

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.

Jun 14, 2013

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Malcolm Ritter

Associated Press

Maybe the filmmakers figured that the audience for Summer Catch is too young to have seen Bull Durham.

Jun 14, 2013

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Matt Soergel

Florida Times-Union

Big chunks of plot seem to be missing, as if left on the editing-room floor so that director Mike Tollin, in his feature debut, can get to yet another inspiring speech.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 8, 2014

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Dennis King

Tulsa World

It's a baseball romance with precious little baseball and only the most insipid, by-the-numbers kind of romance.

Aug 8, 2014

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Leah Rozen

People Magazine

This is the WB version of a baseball movie. Everyone is young, toned, sexually active and agonizes over their future.

Aug 8, 2014

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Synopsis

A coming-of-age romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Local boy Ryan Dunne (Freddie Prinze Jr.), now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish (Jessica Biel), the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley fall in love, much to the chagrin of their families, while Ryan clings to one last hope of being discovered and signed to a pro baseball contract.

Director: Michael Tollin
Executive Producer: Herb Gains
Screenwriter: Kevin Falls, John Gatins
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Tollin/Robbins Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Drinking|Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.7M
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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