Summer Catch

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

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.

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

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.