Summer Catch

Although this cheesy romantic comedy is by no means a home run, it is at least clean, inoffensive and a nice break from the massive onslaught of vulgar flatulence jokes and shallow sex obscenities that are filling up theaters these days. Freddie Prinze Jr. stars among an eclectic cast as a wayward lawn boy struggling to make it into the big leagues as a pitcher. He battles the Dennis Rodman of baseball, a girlfriend's yuppie parents in sweater vests, and a family history of failure. Despite the cliché-riddled plot that plays by the book and mirrors other films from The Graduate to Bull Durham, director Mike Tollin still pulls off a base hit with this perfect date movie.