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Fever Pitch (2005) Rank 2 Reviews

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Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
To call this "Farrelly brothers lite" may be a little redundant, but aside from the odd vomit gag, it goes relatively easy on their usual working-class taboo busting. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Still, despite the visual clumsiness and the production's tattered seams, I found myself rooting for this movie anyway, partly because Lindsey and Ben make a nice fit, as do the actors playing them, partly because the Farrellys bring so much heart to ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
If you're rooting for Barrymore and Fallon, then why not their team? In the movies, there are enough happy endings for everyone. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Empire (Miles Fielder)Empire (Miles Fielder)
Not a Farrelly brothers classic, and (some testicle-washing aside) not much in the way of their trademark gross-out humour, but the boys from Boston do an admirable job of transferring Hornby's story into the States and onto the baseball diamond. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Empire (Miles Fielder)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
Barrymore has rarely been so bright and effortlessly charming, but it's all lost on Fallon, who often resembles one of those unfortunate SNL guests who freeze up on live TV, completely out of their element. If Fallon wants a life after SNL, he might want ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.32 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-Intelligencer
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Rarely have filmmakers had a more wildly improbable happy ending forced on them. Well, you need all the help you can get, divine or otherwise, when your two stars - Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon - have no chemistry whatsoever. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Premiere (Aaron Hillis)Premiere (Aaron Hillis)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Fever Pitch is surprisingly devoid of jokes, or romance, or any of the other basic elements you'd expect to find in a romantic comedy. The only thing the Farrellys get right is the obsession. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
If anything, Fever Pitch will give Bosox fans one more chance to relive, in big-screen glory, those fleeting, flavorsome days. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
A romantic comedy that flirts with something serious but never gets past the flirting stage. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The movie is so soggy and anonymous, I had to remind myself that the Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, directed it. It's sad to watch the kingpins of gross-out try to dial down to cute. Swung at and missed. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
"Fever Pitch" seems to me a clever title for a film about baseball and falling in love. However, the pace and over all drive of the film prove this title quite the misnomer. Instead of a resonating vibration, or a high intensity energy, "Fever Pitch" is ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for RopeofSilicon (Steve Davis)RopeofSilicon (Steve Davis)
Jimmy Fallon teams up with the Farrelly brothers and Drew Barrymore, and tries to step into Adam Sandler's big shoes, in the this remake of a British comedy of the same name, Fever Pitch. In Fever Pitch, Dan (Fallon) is obsessed with his favorite ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at RopeofSilicon (Steve Davis)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Cute kills. Or at least it does in this initially promising romantic comedy about Ben the teacher (Jimmy Fallon), who is a Red Sox fanatic, and Lindsey the power exec (Drew Barrymore), who is not. As the stars indulge in a cute-off -- he says she talks ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Unless you live in a cave, you know the story by now: the Boston Red Sox, down 3 games to none to the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series, did what no other baseball team had done in the playoffs before and came back to win the ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
In an alternate universe where all such daring experiments work, this might have seemed like a good idea. Alas, here in our little corner of space/time, the uneasy melding that is FEVER PITCH of the directing team of the Farrelly Brothers and the ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Where’s Adam Sandler when you need him!?! Yes, that’s a cheap shot at poor ol’ Jimmy Fallon, who so far in his early career in the land of movies, seems to be stumbling out of the batter’s box, with a thud at the box-office with TAXI, co-starring Queen ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
I have to also mention that I had absolutely no idea, going into this movie, who directed it and I was quite shocked to see the Farrelly brothers named in the credits. I guess I have come to expect more from the guys who brought us Dumb and ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
Love them or merely like them, the exceptionally successful screenwriting team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel may have no peers in terms of commercial popularity in the past 25 years. It says something that their strongest script, "Mr. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (J. Hoberman)Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
But the ickiest thing about Fever Pitch is its reverential Field of Dreams music. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Fever Pitch lacks that Farrelly spark, that warm, crazy glint. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
Honestly, this movie would've worked a lot better had the Red Sox not won the World Series. ...read the complete Fever Pitch movie review at Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
Fever Pitch (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)
 
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