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Fever Pitch (2005)
Front Cover Actor
Movie Details
Director Peter Farrelly; Bobby Farrelly
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 103 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
The Farrelly brothers continue their good-natured winning streak with Fever Pitch, a romantic comedy charmed by fate and last-minute improvisation. The movie was originally written with a bittersweet ending, but something unexpected happened (kismet, or perhaps divine intervention?) when the Boston Red Sox scored miraculous victories in the 2004 playoffs and World Series, and Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon were there, in character, to celebrate love and baseball as a pair of amiable lovers who learn to share their lives while accommodating Fallon's life-long passion for the Red Sox. You really have to love baseball to forgive the formulaic romance by veteran Hollywood screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (who also wrote A League of Their Own, and could write this stuff in their sleep), but the codirecting Farrellys make it work, along with the easygoing chemistry of Barrymore and Fallon. 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. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 1771
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Product Details
Edition Boston Red Sox Collector's Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
024543208945
Release Date 9/13/2005
Subtitles English; Spanish
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1