Rating: PG13
Genre:
Romance
Theatrical Release: 08/24/2001(USA)
Release Date: 12/04/2001
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Adult Language, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
This blend of sports and youthful romantic comedy is from director
Michael Tollin, who previously produced the sports drama
Varsity Blues (1999).
Freddie Prinze Jr. stars as
Ryan Dunne, a ballplayer who's spending the summer as a pitcher for the famed, highly prestigious Cape Cod League, a non-professional farm team that has turned out numerous baseball legends.
Ryan's under special pressure on a number of fronts. He's the first local boy to earn a slot in the league in years, and his blue-collar status earns him the enmity of a hot-shot college teammate,
Eric Van Leemer (
Corey Pearson). Although he's backed up by his best friend and team catcher
Billy Brubaker (
Matthew Lillard),
Ryan adds more stress to his life by embarking on an affair with a beautiful, wealthy young Vassar graduate,
Tenley Parrish (
Jessica Biel), who's spending the summer on the Cape with her parents.
Tenley is facing her own crisis as her father (
Bruce Davison) pressures her to move to San Francisco and work with her uncle, though she'd rather remain in the East and become an architect.
Summer Catch is the third onscreen teaming of
Prinze and
Lillard, and also stars
Brian Dennehy,
Wilmer Valderrama,
Jason Gedrick,
Fred Ward, and
Brittany Murphy.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
;)
