In baseball slang, a "can of corn" is a high, lazy fly ball to the outfield. The baseball movie "Summer Catch" is the cinematic equivalent of that can of corn -- a movie going nowhere and filled with far too much corn in an era when teens flock to "American Pie 2." While the makers toss in enough sexual innuendoes and horseplay to push the film to the furthest edges of PG-13, these high jinks can't offset maudlin plot lines and hackneyed characters.

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