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Fever Pitch
- Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack
- Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
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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 rewrite 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, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Comedy
- Category: Romantic Comedy, Sports Comedy
- Theme: Baseball Players, Obsessive Quests, Opposites Attract
- Release Date: September 13, 2005
- Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)Rating Opens in New Window - Adult Humor, Scatological Humor, Sexual Situations
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- Lead Actors: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler, Scott H. Severance
- Supporting Actors: Andrea Davis, Scott Desano, Charlotte Sullivan, Dan Darin-Zanco, Geoffrey Williamson, Isabella Fink, J. C. Kenny, James B. Sikking, JoBeth Williams, John Ruggiero, Keith Macwhorter, Ken Rogerson, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Mark Andrada, Matt Watts, Melinda Lopez, Shary Guthrie, Trot Nixon, Wayne Fleming, Zen Gesner
- Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
- Run Time: 1 hr 43 min
- Language: English, French, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: English, Spanish
- Format: DVD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 058-14-1229
- ASIN: B002FN07XU
- Catalog #: 11297845
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 7.59 inches length x 5.37 inches width x 0.6 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.18 pound.
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The American version of Fever Pitch does a fine job of changing little aspects of the lead character in order to make him both more American and more palatable to American audiences. The original British character, obsessed with the football club Arsenal, was prickly even aside from his obsession. The obsession seemed a natural part of his less-than-pleasant psychological makeup. Jimmy Fallon's Red Sox-loving Ben has had his rough edges sanded down. His character lacks the full-blown misanthropy of the original character, making him more of a man-child than anything else. Fallon smartly underplays much of the film, an unexpected surprise after his manic work in Taxi and on Saturday Night Live. He and Drew Barrymore have a very sweet chemistry together, but it's possible that is more to Barrymore's credit. Considering her track record in these things, it becomes more and more apparent that Drew Barrymore is a big reason this film earns as much good will as it does. Here is an actress, just turned 30, who has figured out exactly what it is she does very well onscreen and is able to shape projects to fit her. Barrymore produced this film and if nothing else she understands exactly how to make films her fans will enjoy while straying just enough from the expected formula to keep people interested. Peter and Bobby Farrelly will never be thought of as visual stylists, but they know to trust their performers and they are sports fans. These two aspects underscore Ben's likeability. This Fever Pitch never comes close to matching the psychological depth of the original adaptation (starring an outstanding Colin Firth), but it does make for a nice time at the movies. Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
