Synopsis
Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, 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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Cast
- Freddie Prinze Jr.Ryan Dunne
- Jessica BielTenley Parrish
- Fred WardSean Dunne
- Matthew LillardBilly Brubaker
- Brian DennehyJohn Schiffner
- Jason GedrickMike Dunne
- Brittany MurphyDede Mulligan
- Bruce DavisonRand Parrish
- Marc BlucasMiles Dalrymple
- Wilmer ValderramaMickey Dominguez
Recommendations
- 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Fuzzy, feel-good movie about baseball, babes and believing in yourself. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Under Michael Tollin's direction, Prinze does well in what is surely the most complex character he has played on the screen. - 50
Variety
Haphazard mix of boisterously crude comedy, romantic entanglements, class-conscious clashes and intensely competitive hardball. - 30
Washington Post
Uninspired baseball romance. - 30
Austin Chronicle
Prinze, Lillard, and Biel are all pleasant enough to look at, but the film's Romeo and Juliet tropes are shopworn by now, and the movie gives us nothing else. - 20
Chicago Reader
Awful light drama. - 12
New York Post
Summer Catch is the sludge at the bottom of the barrel. - 10
Village Voice
Can only be enjoyed with a skullful of Old Bohemian and a faceful of high school crotch.
