Fever Pitch
When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off, but when summer comes around the corner, Lindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.
9 April 1945, Groton, Massachusetts, USA
14 December 1975, Patterson, Georgia, USA
2 February 1973, New York City, New York, USA
23 February 1981, Ellsworth, Maine, USA
14 March 1991, St. Petersburg, Russia
23 June 1970, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
23 June 1970, Van Nuys, California, USA
13 May 1961, Syracuse, New York, USA
11 April 1974, Durham, North Carolina, USA
25 April 1969, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
16 September 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
May 07, 2014
The Farrellys rein in their usual excesses, but still manage to produce the laughs, albeit accompanied by a dose of terminal cuteness.
May 07, 2014
Fever Pitch is funny, romantic and it makes even the by-now-very-tired story of the Sox's 2004 World Series win seem fresh.
May 07, 2014
A delightful romantic comedy without the excesses we've come to expect of the Farrellys.
June 24, 2006
It's slickly done, pleasantly watchable, but despite Barrymore's ever-charming earnestness, not quite a home run.
May 07, 2014
Nick Hornby's novels have produced two terrific examples of the genre: High Fidelity and About A Boy. Unfortunately, this latest adaptation is strictly a minor league affair.
September 26, 2005
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.
March 20, 2013
Stripped of almost all the brothers' usual crudeness, Fever Pitch proves what we've suspected all along: That beneath the gross-out gags and freak-show humor, Peter and Bobby Farrelly are just a couple of lovable romantics.
May 07, 2014
A pleasant comedy with a good heart and amiable characters.
March 20, 2013
The film turns out to be a substantial pleasure as the spirit of the Sox shines through.
April 23, 2005
The movie's sentiment is nothing new for the Farrelly brothers, but its complacency certainly is.
May 29, 2013
...tries to deal with the messy process of nurturing a proper adult relationship rather than simply shoehorning two lovers into a predictable set of catastrophic circumstances until they finally succumb to one another.
