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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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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Smriti Mundhra IGN Aug 8, 2014

The film is as predictable as the outcome of a New York Yankees-Tampa Bay Devil Rays game, but you can bet nobody will be standing up to do the wave.

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Sloan Freer Radio Times Aug 8, 2014 2/5

Not even a cast of fresh-faced acting hotshots can give flavour to this bland and undistinguished teen sporting romance.

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Deborah Henderson Christian Science Monitor Jun 14, 2013

This story has its share of bad acting. But Summer Catch turns out to be a well-meaning, light, and fluffy comedy with plenty of good giggles.

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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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Kit Bowen Hollywood.com Nov 20, 2008 2/5

The film steps up a notch when the action is on the field. However, many directors before him have portrayed the beloved sport better.

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Joe Leydon Variety Apr 16, 2008

When it comes to funny business, Tollin's got game, and he makes the most of some talented supporting players on his bench.

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Brian Orndorf Modamag.com Mar 31, 2007 F

The element of Summer Catch that sours it all for good is that so many actors decided it would be a good idea to be in this film.

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Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader Mar 6, 2007

[An] awful light drama.

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Oz eFilmCritic.com Jan 11, 2006 1/5

A baseball movie with no baseball, no movie, and absolutely no love involved.

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Emily Blunt Blunt Review Mar 26, 2004 1/4

If this is what the boys of summer are offering, I say bring on football season -- now!

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Andrew Rodgers Zap2it.com Feb 25, 2004 1.5/4

Not that this is a particularly dispicable film, it just doesn't try to do anything new and delivers mostly wooden performances.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Aug 17, 2003 1.5/4

Perhaps Freddie is simply a pawn in some sinister plan to destroy his career...

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Joe Mader Palo Alto Weekly May 14, 2003 2/4

Call this one foul.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Aug 17, 2002

Yawn.

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