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	Fever Pitch (2005) Movie Review - The Hollywood News
		Fever Pitch is a romantic comedy from those wacky Farrelly Brothers (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber etc.), but surprisingly, it’s very tame and subdued in tone.
		In Fever Pitch, Jimmy Fallon plays Ben, a lovable high school teacher with a rabid obsession for the Boston Red Sox (even if the underachieving team does seem to self destruct at the worst of times).
		Fever Pitch is surprisingly edgy even if, at it’s heart, it’s your typical date movie.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/archive/2005/fever-pitch.php (819 words)

	Fever Pitch (2005)
		Because of that, parts of 2005’s Fever Pitch provoke pangs of discomfort in me. The movie follows the Sox’ 2004 season as the backdrop for a romantic comedy, so I had to relive the agony.
		The movie tries to explain that she really cares for him and wants to avoid her usual judgmental pattern, but c’mon — the prevalence of Sox merchandise is damned frightening.
		Fever Pitch appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /feverpitch.shtml (1793 words)

	"Fever Pitch" (2005) / a review and/or comments from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		His resentment towards Sarah is not caused by her failure to understand the seemingly benign nature of his passion;, it is caused by the fact that her mere presence brings to the foreground his own ambivalent feelings towards the shell of a life his addiction has helped create.
		In the 2005 film, Ben’s caddishness is seriously softened: Lindsey springs the possible pregnancy on Ben in a pique after he declines to make a last minute weekend trip to Paris with her and then calls him from overseas to announce that it was a false alarm.
		I fully agree that the extra-marital situation in the movie was wrong and disappointing, but weighing that portion of the story with the remainder of the movie doesn’t detract from the overall theme of trying to wrestle with 2 loves…baseball and true love.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2005/feverpitch2005.html (1951 words)

	Fever Pitch (2005) - A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review
		FEVER PITCH is based on Nick Hornby’s autobiographical book Fever Pitch, which recounted the author’s obsession with English football (better known to Americans as soccer).
		Though Critics review movies for a living, I have found that when it comes, at least to romantic comedies, that my wife is a better judge of what is a good date movie versus most Critics.
		Yes, the movie is about fan obsession, but this is just an analogy for passion; which we all have in one form or another.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /fever_pitch.htm (1283 words)

	Fever Pitch (2005): Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Ione Skye, KaDee Strickland - PopMatters Film Review
		Directed by the Farrelly brothers, Fever Pitch is a meditation on the Boston Red Sox fan, or "one of God's most pathetic creatures," as our narrator intones at the beginning (obviously he hasn't bellied up to a bar with the Buffalo sports fan, whose grief isn't limited to one franchise).
		Fever Pitch is something more complicated than a paean to the Red Sox mystique, even though the Farrellys are diehard fans.
		But there is no similarity between book and movie except for sport lust and the title -- the book's "Pitch" is the football field, the movie's "Pitch" is the act of throwing the baseball.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/f/fever-pitch-2005.shtml (806 words)

	Fever Pitch Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		As such, I bring a certain set of emotions to a movie about the Red Sox, and I unconsciously fill in information that may be missing for those unfamiliar with the world champions.
		Hollywood has a tendency to remake and wreck foreign films, and when word got out that the sweet Colin Firth cult hit Fever Pitch, based on Nick Hornby's novel, was being Americanized, many movie fans (and critics) cringed.
		Fever Pitch was quickly re-cut when the Red Sox actually won the World Series.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=140505 (1089 words)

	Fever Pitch
		Fever Pitch may be something short of miraculous, but perhaps it isn't how you play the game that matters after all, as long as you have a "winning" personality.
		Fever Pitch is lovable enough that it legs out an infield single almost in spite of its two leads, Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore.
		Fever Pitch relaxes too much at the plate, fouling off (and shaving) too many balls to get us pumped enough for the next game and likely to be forgotten by the first of May.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/fever_pitch (1138 words)

	Fever Pitch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fever Pitch is the title of a 1992 book by British author Nick Hornby.
		A 1997 film version of Fever Pitch, with a screenplay adapted by Hornby himself, fictionalised the story, concentrating on Arsenal's First Division championship-winning season in 1988-89 and its effect on the protagonist's romantic relationship.
		A 2005 film remake of Fever Pitch, directed by the Farrelly Brothers with Hornby as an executive producer, starred Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fever_Pitch (437 words)

	Fever Pitch - zBoneman Movie Reviews
		Fever Pitch was that way for me, I mean it found its moments keying into the obsession that most men seem to find for a sports team (for me it's the Denver Broncos) but lost its way with the love story.
		The movie falls into the predictability that plaques most romantic comedies as that they can never seem to find a way to get past what we are expecting and do something entirely different.
		The movie has so much going for it as it finds a way to identify with us sports crazed males, why not do something different with the ending as well because two months from now there will be a movie exactly like this one released and Fever Pitch will be forgotten.
	www.zboneman.com /movies/Fever-Pitch-1107.html (1457 words)

	Fever Pitch (Movie - 2005) \| movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
		Fever Pitch, a fable that pits true love against baseball love, is one of the most ingratiating romantic comedies in quite some time, yet the fact that it was directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly almost works against it.
		Based on an essay memoir by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity), Fever Pitch was adapted by the veteran screenwriting team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Splash), who have transplanted Hornby's tale of love, soccer, and suburban England into a tale of love, baseball, and Boston proper.
		Fever Pitch provokes tender chuckles rather than guffaws, yet you can feel the Farrelly touch in their eye for detail: Ben and his friends smelling the package of season tickets, the ingenious way that the 2004 season has been woven into the story.
	www.ew.com /ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1045759_1_0_,00.html (1067 words)

	Fever Pitch review (2005) Drew Barrymore - Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		This is by far the tamest movie the Farrelly Brothers (Stuck on You, Shallow Hal) have ever done, and outside of some occasionally broad physical jokes, I probably would have never guessed they directed it had I not seen their names on the opening credits.
		They particularly did a decent job considering the substantial rewrites that had to be performed since the Red Sox won the World Series (the original script had them losing again), and their knowledge of Red Sox history will certainly hit home with fans of the Red Sox.
		Fever Pitch isn't hilarious, but it is light and amusing enough to score points for those into formulaic romantic comedies, provided that is what you're looking for going in.
	www.qwipster.net /feverpitch.htm (887 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Fever Pitch" movie review (2005) "Fever Pitch" review, Farrelly brothers, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
		"Fever Pitch" is a romantic sports comedy that gets by on the same kind of lovable-loser charm that has kept its main character obsessed with the Boston Red Sox since age 7.
		The movie is not especially creative, the performances are not especially memorable, the script lacks structure (at least until the start of the baseball season provides an external one), and the directing is often slapdash.
		The comedy of "Fever Pitch" comes from how these two struggle to reach an accord during the miracle season in which Boston won its first World Series in 86 years, as Ben follows the team from his season-ticket choice seats inherited from an equally faithful uncle.
	www.splicedonline.com /05reviews/feverpitch.html (638 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - Fever Pitch (2005)
		Loosely based on the novel by Nick Hornby and adapted once before in the UK in 1997, the Americanized "Fever Pitch" is a swooning love letter to not only the Boston Red Sox, but baseball in general, and not only baseball, but also true, unadulterated love itself.
		As previously mentioned, the second love story found in "Fever Pitch" is the one between Ben and his baseball team.
		Without falling into the trap of more typical sports movies, "Fever Pitch" so persuasively personifies what it is like to love something as much as Ben loves the Red Sox that all the viewer can do is nod in acknowledgment.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/f/05_feverpitch.htm (1097 words)

	Fever Pitch
		It's no huge revelation for me to say that Jimmy Fallon's last movie (Taxi) was Catwomanly bad, and the trailers for Fever Pitch were all right but didn't mesmerize me. I was already preparing some cheesy baseball puns for my review...
		Fever Pitch is just good, solid entertainment that takes a somewhat fresh look at the romantic comedy genre.
		The movie's final scene was filmed on October 27, 2004, after the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series.
	www.themoviemark.com /moviereviews/feverpitch.asp (1460 words)

	Movie Review 'Fever Pitch' (2005) Is A Charmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		"Fever Pitch" was filmed largely in Toronto with the one exception that a good deal of the action takes place in Boston's historic Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, who last year won the World Series for the first time in 86 years.
		The movie, based on Nick Hornby's novel, adapted for the screen by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is about two people who are obsessed.
		"Fever Pitch," then, is a charmer with some of the usual conventions, most prominently the idea that the loving couple must each have a small bevy of quirky friends, each with his or her own idiosyncracy.
	www.azreporter.com /?itemid=362 (753 words)

	Cinema Confidential Review: Fever Pitch (2005)
		It made life difficult for the filmmakers of "Fever Pitch" because they had to re-shoot the ending of their baseball film.
		"Fever Pitch" is more than just a typical baseball movie, even though it has a superior sense of fan appreciation for the game.
		But what will make "Fever Pitch" appealing to a wider audience is its comical recognition of how grown men hold-on the longest to their childish hobbies at the expense of distancing the relationships around them.
	www.cinecon.com /review.php?id=feverpitch (1043 words)

	Amazon.ca: Fever Pitch: Books: Nick Hornby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Fever Pitch is not a typical memoir--there are no chapters, just a series of match reports falling into three time frames (childhood, young adulthood, manhood).
		FEVER PITCH is basically a tribute to English football.
		The problem with "Fever pitch" is that, if the reader doesn't like or doesn't know soccer there will be a lot of skipped paragraphs, and maybe the book will be put aside before the end.
	www.amazon.ca /Fever-Pitch-Nick-Hornby/dp/1573226882 (2511 words)

	Amazon.com: Fever Pitch (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Drew Barrymore,Jimmy Fallon,Jason Spevack,Jack Kehler,Scott ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The movie bears little resemblance to Nick Hornby's source novel (which was more faithfully adapted as a 1997 British comedy starring Colin Firth), but anyone who enjoyed High Fidelity or About a Boy will recognize Hornby's keen understanding of men and women, and the hazards we all endure when playing the game of love.
		`Fever Pitch' is loosely based on the book written by Nick Hornby, which was originally made a film in 1997 starring Colin Firth.
		Fever Pitch" shows what obsessions or deep passions can do to a relationship when both partners don't share the same thing or at least at the same level.
	www.amazon.com /Fever-Pitch-Widescreen-Drew-Barrymore/dp/B000A0GXRO (2159 words)

	Flipside Movie Emporium: Fever Pitch Movie Review
		Fever Pitch might be the first baseball comedy girls convince their guys to see.
		The lore of Red Sox fever ends up being hallowed ground for the Farrellys, and they inject the right amount of sentimentality where they'd usually throw in sleazy humor.
		But Fever Pitch works so well on multiple levels that you could remove the Sox and plug in any other baseball team without changing the message.
	www.flipsidemovies.com /feverpitch.html (526 words)

	Fever Pitch (2005) Movie Review - RopeofSilicon.com
		Fever Pitch is a 20th Century Fox release directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly and was released in theaters on April 8, 2005.
		In Fever Pitch, Dan (Fallon) is obsessed with his favorite sports team, loveable losers, the Boston Red Sox.
		So, pledging to judge this movie strictly on its merits, it was with an open mind I entered the theater, and I can faithfully report this film is an extremely mediocre, typical romantic comedy, which feels very much like a re-make of another film.
	www.ropeofsilicon.com /review.php?id=1882 (467 words)

	Fever Pitch (2005)
		For those of you not tuned into amazing but true stories, let me tell you that if I had not lived Fever Pitch, I would tell you it was just a bunch of Hollywood drivel that never could come true.
		Because Fever Pitch, the latest movie from the New England native Farrelly Brothers, shows you what it really is to be a member of Red Sox Nation.
		Fever Pitch, also, is nothing like its source material...but in this case, it's okay.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/FeverPitch/FeverPitch.html (1137 words)

	Movie-Vault.com :: Over 2000 Reviews and Counting...
		The first act in Fever Pitch follows the usual trajectory of romantic comedies, with Ben, a math teacher, and Lindsay Meeks (Drew Barrymore), a high-powered corporate executive, meeting “cute” (actually a tour of her office with several of his brighter math students).
		Fever Pitch subsequently covers familiar ground, with Lindsay and Ben agreeing to some accommodation with his sports obsession, until, of course, tensions rise and break, with Lindsay declaring her dissatisfaction with their arrangement.
		Fever Pitch went into production before the Red Sox ended their 86-year losing streak, which necessitated re-shoots to cover the newly resurgent Red Sox.
	www.movie-vault.com /reviews/LHDyljsoroepHVkE (913 words)

	Fever Pitch (2005): Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Ione Skye, KaDee Strickland - PopMatters Film Review
		But the movie has little to do except replay the problem: the box seat "family" is tedious, the ups and downs of winning and losing repetitive, and the conflicts between the lovers predictable.
		Lindsey, however, is overwhelmed by guidance, such that the movie can stretch out its running time en route to the inevitable.
		Though Fever Pitch does suggest that maybe his devotion to a team (who "doesn't love him back") is a kind of addiction, and yes, so is her careerist sublimation.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/f/fever-pitch-20052.shtml (948 words)

	The Flick Filosopher \| Fever Pitch (1997) and Fever Pitch (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		That moment that every baseball fan knows, when you come up out of the gloom of the corridors of the stadium and see the green grass for the first time that day and you're struck by the promise all that green grass represents...
		If the word "pitch" weren't coincidentally associated with both football and baseball, allowing the producers of this new film to retain the title, you'd never know there was any relationship between the two films.
		But the 2005 film doesn't have such human things as points of view; it has carefully plotted and constructed character arcs that are genuine only in the sense that they are required to tell a theoretically satisfying story...
	www.flickfilosopher.com /flickfilos/archive/2005/feverpitch.shtml (745 words)

	MovieFreak.com - "Fever Pitch" Movie Review
		Problem is, Lindsey’s starting to come to the startling revelation he’s not willing to do the same for her, and if this is indeed the case than no amount of love in the world can help a relationship survive when all the movement made in conciliation is happening only on one side.
		While Lindsey isn’t a stretch for the actress that still doesn’t make her any less wonderful, Barrymore making the character a brilliantly human hummingbird fettered to the coiling tensions of a man (maybe) more in love with something not at all human and decidedly not herself.
		And besides, any movie that revisits and recaps the Boston Red Sox’s amazing run to the World Series has to be given at least a base hit.
	www.moviefreak.com /reviews/f/feverpitch.htm (903 words)

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