Very well executed

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

This movie really brings the essence of being a young player hoping to make it and living the cape life!

Summer Catch (2001): Dir: Mike Tollin / Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, Matthew Lillard, Fred Ward, Jason Gedrick: Stupid dreary teen comedy bent on corrupting young senses with sex scenes. The catch represents both baseball and Jessica Biel. Freddie Prinze Jr. plays an amateur baseball player who will romance Biel after he mows over a rose garden. His father is widowed, his brother is a bartender. His best friend is unable to cope with aluminum bats just as I am unable to cope with the entire running time of this film. This garbage is about as exciting as cleaning toilets. Mike Tollin does well directing the baseball footage while the rest looks as if he was half asleep, which would not surprise me given what the film is. Another horrible performance by Prinze Jr. with Biel featured for no other purpose than to rise bikini clad out of a swimming pool much to the delight of young hormones. We do not care about this romance nor do we care about anything else associated with the story. Matthew Lillard plays Prinze's frustrated best friend who may be even more frustrated when he realizes that this garbage will never be labeled a classic. Boring farce with sex scenes involving beer bottles between thighs. That is about the height of the creative energy within this film. Next time, instead of a rose garden, why not introduce this film to the lawn mower blades. Score: 1 / 10

How could a movie with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jessica Biel be so bad. The script was pointless and apart from the very occasional chuckle there wasn't too much going for it. It was bittersweet seeing Brittany Murphy though as she was her true bubbly vivacious self in the movie. A factor that increased it's star value for me.Maybe a better soundtrack could have helped heaps. It is amazing that a catchy song can make you think you are enjoying a movie more than you really are. Then again perhaps it really was just a poor script and nothing could have saved it. Such a shame it wasn't better because I really wanted to like it even after seeing the low ratings.

The movie "Summer Catch" is a love story that combines the trials of a college baseball player trying to make the majors. The movie takes place in Chatum; it is a town where baseball is life. Every year college players come to the Cape League to get their chance at the major leagues. This year Ryan Dunne (Freddie Prinze Jr.) is getting his chance to play for his hometown the Chatum A's. When Ryan has any problems, he takes them on the field and does not pitch as well. He stopped playing baseball for Boston College, because his mother died and he could not focus. Then he got kicked out of junior college, because he got into a fight with a teammate. During the Cape League season, he faces many problems balancing his old friends with new ones. He also faces problems with his father and his girlfriend, Tenley Parish (Jessica Biel). By the end of the movie, he learns to leave those problems off of the field and that he loves Tenley. He realizes that he will do anything to be with her. Also he receives a contract with the minor league team, the Muckdogs. This leads to him starting for the Phillies.The film's intent is to tell the viewer about the troubles that Ryan goes through in his life. It teaches the viewers that some times they need to leave their problems behind and move on. It is also a love story about two people from different worlds and the troubles that their relationship goes through. The movie accomplishes these points very well. It lets the viewer see into the mind of Ryan and lets them feel like they are part of the movie. It also has a suspense level letting the viewer wonder if Ryan and Tenley's relationship will survive. This movie is a very good movie for someone who likes love stories, but there is also the baseball element for the guys. This is also a great movie for a couple to see, because they both learn a lesson from the movie. I would recommend seeing this movie many times.