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A Plumm Summer

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A Plumm Summer (2008)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:2

Rotten:8

Average Rating:4.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Television

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: In this family comedy, it's 1968, and all is well in the tiny town of Peaks View, Montana. That is, until someone kidnaps beloved TV star (and puppet) Froggy Doo. His costar Happy Herb (Henry... In this family comedy, it's 1968, and all is well in the tiny town of Peaks View, Montana. That is, until someone kidnaps beloved TV star (and puppet) Froggy Doo. His costar Happy Herb (Henry Winkler) and the rest of Peaks View can't imagine that someone would kidnap their most popular resident, and soon the FBI arrives to investigate. Based on a true story, A PLUMM SUMMER also stars Jeff Daniels, Billy Baldwin, Lisa Guerrero, Brenda Strong, and Peter Scolari. [More]

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Henry Winkler, Lisa Guerrero, Chris J. Kelly

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Henry Winkler, Lisa Guerrero, Chris J. Kelly, William Baldwin, Steve Altman, Brenda Strong, Richard Riehle, Peter Scolari

Director: Caroline Zelder

Director: Caroline Zelder
Screenwriter: Caroline Zelder, Frank Antonelli, TJ Lynch
Producer: Caroline Zelder, Frank Antonelli
Composer: Tom Hiel

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While ninety percent of the film is good for the family, there is ten percent that I will caution parents on.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
08/16/09
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Film crumbles when the oppressive frowns are released, turning an amiable diversion into a chore to finish, due in great part to the sheer weight of the distress. The movie never fully recovers from the sour detour.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
05/29/09
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com

The shame here is, it's not a terrible movie. It's just pretty amateurish in terms of the direction and some of the performances.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment 1 Comment
05/16/08
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The happy Hardy Boys action takes an uncomfortable back seat to low-rent melodrama.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
05/16/08
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

This family film is willing to tackle important issues such as burgeoning sexuality, alcoholism and a troubled home life but does so in a bland and unconvincing story.

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05/15/08
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter

The story mechanics don’t always work—the film vacillates between feeling heartfelt and clumsy.

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05/02/08
Wade Major
Wade Major
Boxoffice Magazine

A proud throwback to '70s family melodramas, such as Where the Red Fern Grows, Plumm seems slow, melodramatic and contrived when compared to contemporary movies.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
04/25/08
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

This might be palatable if it weren't also fraught with leaden direction and horrible acting -- it's a painful thing when William Baldwin's the best actor you've got.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment 1 Comment
04/25/08
Peter Schilling
Peter Schilling
Minneapolis Star Tribune

First-time director Caroline Zelder brings warmth and restraint to this tale of Montana child detectives on the case of a beloved frog puppet that, to the devastation of its over-invested owner-operator (Henry Winkler), goes missing.

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04/24/08
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

Feels like an homage to a bygone era of moviemaking.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
02/20/08
Lael Loewenstein
Lael Loewenstein
Variety
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