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.
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05/16/08
A Plumm Summer (2008)
25 %
Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 2 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 4.4/10
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 Winkler) and the rest of Peaks View can't imagine that someone would kidnap their most popular resident,... [More]
Genre: Television
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Henry Winkler, Lisa Guerrero, Chris J. Kelly, William Baldwin
Director: Caroline Zelder
Screenwriter: Caroline Zelder, Frank Antonelli, TJ Lynch
Producer: Caroline Zelder, Frank Antonelli
Composer: Tom Hiel
Screenwriter: Caroline Zelder, Frank Antonelli, TJ Lynch
Producer: Caroline Zelder, Frank Antonelli
Composer: Tom Hiel
Reviews
1 - 8 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
The happy Hardy Boys action takes an uncomfortable back seat to low-rent melodrama.
05/16/08
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.
05/15/08
Top Critic
The story mechanics don’t always work—the film vacillates between feeling heartfelt and clumsy.
05/02/08
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.
04/25/08
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.
04/25/08
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.
04/24/08
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