A Masterpiece!

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Released in 2001, "Summer Catch" stars Freddie Prince Jr. and Jessica Biel, the former a Cape Cod baseball prospect with hopes for the Major League who lands a gig playing for the Chatham Athletics, the latter a rich girl pressured by her pompous axx father (Bruce Davison) to move to San Francisco and work for a firm. Brian Dennehy plays the no-nonsense coach while Matthew Lillard, Brittany Murphy, Corey Pearson and Wilmer Valderrama play various youths. Fred Ward and Jason Gedrick are on hand as the baseball hopeful's father and brother.This is essentially a baseball version of 1999's excellent "Varsity Blues" and 1993's solid "The Program." It's not as good as the former, but it's at least as good as the latter. Everything clicks for a quality 'coming-of-age' flick – the cast, story, acting, locations, cinematography, music and editing. The babe factor is strong with Biel leading the way with her stunning bod (actually, blowing all others out of the water); and Beverly D'Angelo still sizzles at 49 years-old in a small role. I'm at a loss as to why "Summer Catch" rates only 4.9/10 on IMDb when it's at least a 7/10 film.The film runs 108 minutes and was shot in Cape Cod, Cincinnati and Southport, North Carolina.GRADE: Borderline B/B+

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.

(Plot) A very skilled, but troubled pitcher falls in love with a rich girl (Jessica Biel) The family of the rich girl doesn't approve. Can Freddie Prinze focus to achieve his dreams of pitching in the majors, and win the heart of the woman he loves? OK. So sue me. I actually had a fairly good time with this movie. I am by no means a fan of Freddie Prinze Jr. He is tolerable here though, and didn't embarrass himself at least. The story is very predictable. You know the drill with these types of films, but it's done in an enjoyable way, so it doesn't really matter in the whole scheme of things. Most Rom-Com's are recycled these days, so I just kick my brain to the curb, and try and enjoy them. What else can you really do? Jessica Biel is great to look at, and does decent as the love interest. I wouldn't say she was great, but she held her own. Matthew Lillard steals some scene's he is in as the loudmouth buddy. Brittany Murphy has a hilarious scene with Freddie Prinze. I won't spoil it, but she was terrific.Final Thoughts: I don't remember a whole lot about this movie, but I remember enjoying it much more than I thought I would. The cast is game, and I couldn't help but like it. It's not great, but you could do a lot worse for Rom-Com's; worth a look!6/10

So I've just watched "Summer Catch" on TV. I've already seen Freddie Prince Jr. in "I know what you did last summer" and "I still know what you did last summer" and in one episode of "Friends" and I have to say that I kinda like him as an actor. This was my first Jessica Biel movie and I've to say that she is really good! And then there is also Brittany Murphy....she is a great actress. I like her since I've watched "Say no Word"....but she's also excellent in "Girl Interrupted" and "8 Mile". In this movie she shows us her slutty side...well-done!This movie is very funny but I think that I won't watch it a second time because it wasn't that good... There were also some very emotional scenes which I'd personally liked. One scene was very emotional, the one where Ryan's best friend told him that he's very proud of him and that he's his best friend....this scene was very emotional....very good!The story: There's Ryan who works with his father as gardeners in Cape Cod. Cape Cod is famous for his baseball. One year Ryan wants to become a professional baseball player and joins the competition. While he's joining the competition he's still a gardener and works for some rich persons. Then he sees Tenley the daughter of those rich people. He fells in love with her and they have a great time together....!Very Funny! The scene where Ryan and Tenley are swimming together in the pool and her father sees them....very funny, watch it yourself! If Ryan becomes a professional player and if Tenley goes to San Francisco to work for her uncle you have to watch the movie yourself...I won't tell you the ending....is it a happy one or a bad one?It's not a waste of time but there are many other (better!) comedies, romances out there!6 out of 10 stars.