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Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler, Scott H. Severance ... see more see more... , Jessamy R. Finét , Maureen Keiller , Lenny Clarke , Ione Skye , KaDee Strickland , Jackie Burroughs , Willie Garson , Daniel Greene , Tim McCarver , James B. Sikking , JoBeth Williams , Wayne Fleming , Andrew Wilson , Zen Gesner , Charlotte Sullivan , E. Danny Murphy , Johnny Sneed , Marissa Jaret Winokur , Miranda Black , George Ghali , John Boylan , Siobhan Fallon-Hogan , Quancetia Hamilton , Armando Riesco , Evan Helmuth , Bart Bedford , Michael Rubenfeld , Peter Gammons , Darren Frost , J. C. Kenny , Brandon Craggs , Brett Murphy , Isabella Fink , Greta Onieogou , Mark Andrada , Scott Desano , Lizz Alexander , Shary Guthrie , Don Gavin , Dan Darin-Zanco , Gina Clayton , Bobby Curcuro , Jason Varitek , Johnny Damon , Trot Nixon , Paul McGuire , Ken Rogerson , Howard Nickerson , Matt Watts , Andrea Davis , Sharlene Yuen , Geoffrey Williamson , Jim Rice , Dennis Eckersley , Keith Macwhorter , Melinda Lopez , Sam Dissanayake , Steve Levy , Don Orsillo , Harold Reynolds , Matthew Peart , David Klar , Jermaine Plummer , Erin Nanstad , Johnny Cicco , Brian Hayes Currie , Bob Weekes , John Ruggiero , Dan Cummings , Jordan Leandre , George King

Nick Hornby's acclaimed memoir about one man's struggle to balance his love of a woman and his love for soccer was the basis of a well-reviewed British film in 1997, and now gets a Americanized rewrit... read more read more...e with this picture, in which the game is changed from soccer to baseball. Ben (Jimmy Fallon) is a high-school teacher who meets Lindsay (Drew Barrymore), who has a successful career in business. Ben and Lindsay don't appear to have much in common on the surface, but they hit it off and are soon involved in a serious romance. But when spring rolls around, Lindsay becomes aware of the true love of Ben's life -- the Boston Red Sox. Despite the team's lamentable record, Ben has been a fiercely loyal Red Sox fan since childhood, and Lindsay finds it hard to compete with his passion for baseball, while Ben is forced to choose between the obsessions of his youth and the enthusiasms of a responsible adult. Fever Pitch was shot in part in Boston during the 2004 baseball season, which to the surprise of the filmmakers saw the Red Sox winning baseball's world series for the first time since 1918. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Release Date: April 8, 2005

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DVD Release Date: September 13, 2005

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  • jmanard52
    May 24, 2008
    jmanard52
    This is cute fun lovable comedy. I personally thought Fallon and Barrymore had a really good connection and they made this movie work. Im a sucker for romance though.
  • movieguru12
    November 19, 2011
    movieguru12
    I'm not a baseball fan but this movie was just great. Jimmy Fallon & Drew Barrymore had perfect chemistry and the part of Al, the sponge salesman, who was the guy that introduced Ben (Fallon), to baseball was great as well. An adorable, sporty, romcom that I very much enjoyed! (:
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    An alright romantic comedy.
  • jennifxu
    April 30, 2011
    jennifxu
    Fever Pitch is a really sweet rom com, and I think it benefits from the guy being torn between his girlfriend and his favorite sport instead of the golden favorite, his girlfriend and another girl - it's makes the story that much more believable and it doesn't spend so much time ... read moreproving that this makes sense! it really makes sense! Which is a pitfall many movies of its genre can fall into. With that being said, I do think a movie with Drew Barrymore in it improves its ratings significantly.
  • DreamExtractor
    April 28, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    This was an interesting romance movie, but it shouldve been just that, because this is not funny at all. I tried hard to laugh and it happened like twice. Interesting story and acting, but for a romance baseball comedy, it wasnt very funny.
  • CreedsDelight
    January 22, 2011
    CreedsDelight
    It was ok. It had some memorable moments. I liked Barrymore and Fallon.

    Grade: C+
  • gatorgirl13
    October 27, 2010
    gatorgirl13
    Pretty standard romantic comedy. Not really anything special about it, but Drew Barrymore is cute, as always.
  • fb733768972
    September 5, 2010
    fb733768972
    Fever Pitch is a solid romantic comedy, but there is only so much you can do with this genre. This film pulls off exactly what it should, but nothing more. At points it can become depressing, but it can also be very funny. I enjoyed Fever Pitch, but I can't say that I would watch... read more it again.
  • bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    July 29, 2010
    bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    it was okay. its not horrible but it wasnt good. only a couple funny parts. C
  • ythelastman89
    January 16, 2010
    ythelastman89
    Just not funny and a poor attempt from the Farrelly Brothers. The plot is interesting for about thirty minutes, but it just gets old after a while. It's just a really long SNL skit. Drew Barrymore did her best, but it just wasn't enough to make a good movie. Jimmy Fallon was real... read morely corny and makes you feel zero sympathy for the character.

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Critic Reviews

Jonathan Rosenbaum
April 23, 2005
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

The movie's sentiment is nothing new for the Farrelly brothers, but its complacency certainly is. Full Review

David Denby
April 14, 2005
David Denby, New Yorker

Has a slapdash feeling to it.

J. Hoberman
April 12, 2005
J. Hoberman, Village Voice

Barely a screwball comedy, let alone a gunk-loaded spitball like There's Something About Mary. Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek
April 8, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

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 human... Full Review

Ann Hornaday
April 8, 2005
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Suffers from oddly clunky pacing and long, talky passages of little verbal dexterity and zero interest, import or impact. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
April 8, 2005
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

A romantic comedy with the ultimate in feelgood endings. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
April 8, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A romantic comedy that flirts with something serious but never gets past the flirting stage. Full Review

David Edelstein
April 8, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate

Fallon is rather good, too, by the way -- his self-effacement here becomes him. Full Review

Brian Lowry
April 8, 2005
Brian Lowry, Variety

One of those nicely grooved pitches with which even a novice ought to be able to connect. Full Review

Peter Travers
April 8, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

It's sad to watch the kingpins of gross-out try to dial down to cute. Swung at and missed.

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