A Plumm Summer
Headline: ** A Fun Family Film **
Title: A PLUMM SUMMER
Quality: * * * Acceptability: +3
SUBTITLES: None
WARNING CODES:
Language: L
Violence: V
Sex: None
Nudity: N
RATING: PG
RELEASE: April 26, 2008
TIME: 99 minutes
STARRING: William Baldwin, Henry Winkler, Lisa Guerrero, Chris J. Kelly, Owen Pearce, and Morgan Flynn
DIRECTOR: Caroline Zelder
PRODUCERS: Frank Antonelli and Caroline Zelder
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Scott Erickson and Lisa Guerrero
WRITERS: T.J. Lynch, Frank Antonelli and Caroline Zelder
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY: N/A
DISTRIBUTOR: Freestyle Releasing
CONTENT: (BB, H, L, V, N, AA, MM) Moral worldview extolling brotherly love and biblical virtues, but no reference to God; one mild obscenity and one profanity; teenage boy hits another teenage boy in nose, bottles thrown against wall and at person; no sexual content; upper teenage male nudity at swimming pool; drinking of beer, drunkenness negatively portrayed; no smoking or drug use; and, lying to parents, sneaking out, bumbling FBI agents, and negative father figure.
GENRE: Adventure
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Children and adults
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SUMMARY: A PLUMM SUMMER is the story of two brothers who set out to solve the mystery of a missing puppet, the star of a local children's TV show. The movie has a strong story of love between two brothers set against a comedy caper with few objectionable elements.
IN BRIEF:
A PLUMM SUMMER is the story of two brothers who set out to solve the mystery of a missing puppet, the star of a local children's TV show. Set in 1968 in a small Montana town, teenage Elliott and his young tag-a-long brother Rocky try to find out who "kidnapped" Rocky's favorite TV star, puppet Froggy-Doo. Befriending Haley, the new teenage girl who moved in next door, the kids try to whittle down the list of suspects which includes Froggy-Doo's co-star, Happy Herb, played by Henry Winkler.
The adventure is fun with a couple of plot surprises, and the characters are engaging. The main story is a kid-caper, but there are also strong, emotional sub-plots along the way. The brothers' alcoholic father has to face his problems and stop blaming his oldest son for his own failures. There's a story of young romance between Elliott and Haley, but the strongest theme is brotherly love. Though Elliott has to take care of his younger brother and initially dislikes it; in the end, he realizes that Rocky is his best friend. The movie is "clean" with one profanity, one obscenity, and minor violence.
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