The film knows what it’s like to be a devoted fan and how frustrating it can be to love a devoted fan. The screenplay does a good job of looking at the issue from both sides.
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04/09/05
Fever Pitch (2005)
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Reviews Counted:169
Fresh:107
Rotten:62
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: While not a home run, Fever Pitch has enough charm and on-screen chemistry between the two leads to make it a solid hit.
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Romance,
Synopsis: The Farrelly Brothers (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, DUMB & DUMBER) take a slight departure from their signature breed of over-the-top, gross-out humor and opt instead for sensitive restraint with... [More]
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Lenny Clarke, Jack Kehler
Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Reviews for Fever Pitch
As a Yankees fan, it pains me to admit it, but Fever Pitch, like the Red Sox at the 2004 World Series, is a winner.
04/09/05
A sweet, ingratiating romantic comedy.
04/09/05
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04/09/05
Top CriticThe movie -- often amusing, occasionally funny -- rides on their friendly shoulders well enough to be, if nowhere near a homerun, at least a respectable single.
04/09/05
What happened to the Farrelly brothers? Generally they’ve managed to take create a perfect balance between raunchy and romantic comedy...but not this time. Wah happun?
04/09/05
An enjoyable romantic comedy, and not much more
04/09/05
Formulaic attempt at romantic comedy. Fallon and his fellow Red Sox fans are dumber and more unrealistic than the jerks in beer commercials.
04/08/05
A sweet diversion that scores a base hit at every trip to the plate.
04/08/05
the pacing is clumsy, the script is numb, and there is an alarming lack of chemistry between the two stars.
04/08/05
The Farrellys, New Englanders by birth, love the Red Sox so much that they forgive their lead character a multitude of sins that, in any of their other movies, they'd be too gentlemanly (and too humane) to ever allow.
04/08/05
Suffers from oddly clunky pacing and long, talky passages of little verbal dexterity and zero interest, import or impact.
04/08/05
A romantic comedy with the ultimate in feelgood endings.
04/08/05
This romantic comedy about a guy, a girl and the Boston Red Sox is surprisingly sweet.
04/08/05
A romantic comedy that flirts with something serious but never gets past the flirting stage.
04/08/05
Less a salute to the Boston Red Sox's 2004 World Series triumph (after 86 years of famously 'cursed' agony) than a miniaturized Fenway Park in a Beantown video game, with Jimmy Fallon as mascot and Drew Barrymore as cheerleader.
04/08/05
Never gets much higher than an average 98.6 degrees.
04/08/05
Fallon is rather good, too, by the way -- his self-effacement here becomes him.
04/08/05
You never thought you'd feel nostalgic for the hair gel joke.
04/08/05
One of those nicely grooved pitches with which even a novice ought to be able to connect.
04/08/05
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