A Plumm Summer
Set in Montana, A Plumm Summer is about the Plumm family, a married couple with two boys, teenage Elliot and his younger brother, Rocky. Dad is on the verge of being a full-blown alcoholic, and Elliot feels it’s up to him look out for his family. One fateful day in the summer of 1968, Froggy Doo of the popular Happy Herb and Froggy Doo Show is kidnapped. Happy Herb is devastated by the loss of his beloved marionette, but what about the kids? Rocky just can’t live without his Froggy Doo. With the help of his friend Haley, Elliot and Rocky embark on the adventure of their lives trying to locate the lost marionette. Cast includes Henry Winkler as Happy Herb and William Baldwin as the alcoholic father.
A Plumm Summer is a feel-good, family friendly film. There’s a quirky humor to the hoopla being made over this missing marionette (don’t you dare call Froggy Doo a puppet!), complete with baffled FBI agents (Peter Scolari and Rick Overton). The movie addresses family issues without getting overly sentimental and the two young actors who portray the Plumm brothers, Chris J. Kelly and Owen Pearce, did a wonderful job.
Little cuties.
Henry Winkler as Happy Herb should immediately put a smile on the face of anyone who ever enjoyed watching Happy Days. He’s a consummate performer, hilarious as he goes about the stage as a wizard with his smart-talking frog, and then touching when he completely loses it after Froggy Doo turns up missing.
The real star of this movie, though, is the Montana setting. What a beautiful place. Director Caroline Zelder didn’t waste a single opportunity to use the sun-bathed hills and golden-leaved trees to evoke this bygone time when a little town got caught up in a missing marionette. Between the children riding bikes in the sunlight and the gorgeous shot of a full moon, the movie made me want to book that trip to Bozeman that’s been waiting patiently on my to-do list.
A Plumm Summer opens this weekend in select theatres. For a complete listing, check out the film’s website, www.APlummSummer.com.
It will make me really happy if you come see my movie.
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