Summer Catch

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Summer Catch

PG-13

2001

1h 44m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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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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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

Aug 8, 2014

1/4

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

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Keith Phipps

AV Club

Jun 14, 2013

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.

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Malcolm Ritter

Associated Press

Jun 14, 2013

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

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Matt Soergel

Florida Times-Union

Aug 8, 2014

1/4

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.

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Dennis King

Tulsa World

Aug 8, 2014

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

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Leah Rozen

People Magazine

Aug 8, 2014

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

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Scott R

@KiwiBruce Jun 14, 2026

It's not a great , but it's a fun summer movie that fits the era it was made in. It's embarrassing how many critics had to talk crap about it while also making baseball puns.

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER Feb 10, 2025

A star-studded movie with a great story!

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Steve M

@RT57413388 Jul 13, 2023

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

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Aug 5, 2022

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

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Jul 12, 2021

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 :)

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Jun 29, 2021

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-)

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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
Producer: Brian Robbins, Sam Weisman
Screenwriter: Kevin Falls
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Tollin/Robbins Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Drinking|Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.7M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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