Movie Type: Animal Picture, Family-Oriented Comedy
Themes: Man's Best Friend, Talented Animals, Baseball Players
Main Cast: Caitlin Wachs, Cynthia Stevenson, Molly Hagan, Richard Karn, Kevin Zegers
Release Year: 2001
Country: US
Run Time: 86 minutes
Plot
With her older brother, Josh (Kevin Zegers), off at college, and her yuppie parents (Richard Karn and Cynthia Stevenson) obsessed with the new baby, young Andrea Framm (Caitlin Wachs) joins the junior high baseball team to escape the tedium of her home life. She's not very good, but luckily her sports-inclined golden retriever, Buddy, is a natural. Buddy also makes the team and becomes the star player. When the team gets into the championship game, a pair of zany scientists traveling in a laboratory inside a mobile home kidnap the pooch and his offspring in the interest of their experiments to clone sports-prone animals. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
Review
The fourth of the family-friendly Air Bud franchise, each produced or executive produced by director Robert Vince, finds the canines and humans in capable hands in this live-action, broadly played, low-key adventure. Easily understood characters, colorful sets and costumes, a plot with very few complications, and, happily, no gross-out humor make for a lively outing. There are nice moments, and the finale will thrill the target audience of elementary school children. The baseball aspect of the plot doesn't materialize until the midway into the film, so youngsters expecting catching-and-fetching early on may squirm in their seats waiting for the setup. The original basketball-oriented Air Bud still rules, but this easily likeable puppy clearly shows its pedigree. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
Kevin Zegers - Josh Framm; Frank C. Turner - Carlton
Credit
Lorna Johnson - Casting, Robert Vince - Director, Kelly Herron - Editor, Jason Pielak - Editor, Michael Strange - Executive Producer, Anne Vince - Executive Producer, Kevin Kasha - Executive Producer, Brahm Wenger - Composer (Music Score), Peter Andringa - Production Designer, Glen Winter - Cinematographer, Robert Vince - Producer, Anna McRoberts - Producer, Robert Vince - Screen Story, Anne Vince - Screenwriter, Anna McRoberts - Screenwriter, Stephanie Isherwood - Screenwriter, Sara Sutton - Screenwriter
Sara Sutton (screenplay)
Stephanie Isherwood (screenplay)
Anne Vince (screenplay)
Anna McRoberts (screenplay)
Robert Vince (story)
Paul Tamasy (characters)
Aaron Mendelsohn (characters)
Kevin DiCicco (character Air Bud)
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch is the fourth film in the Air Bud series.
Plot
Josh is off to his first year of college and Buddy has stayed behind with Josh's little sister, Andrea, and the rest of the family. Andrea, attempting to fit in with her Jr. High classmates, decides to join the baseball team and along the way discovers that Buddy is a talented baseball player. Just as the season is settling in, a terrible discovery is made - Buddy's puppies, have mysteriously started disappearing with the help of kidnappers' little helper, Rocky Raccoon. Air Bud must find his puppies and make it to the major leagues as he goes to bat for the Anaheim Angels!
