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55 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    88
    A sweetly hilarious romantic comedy about a soccer fan whose favorite pro team's unexpected success threatens to push him over the edge.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    88
    Vastly superior to the small and independent films that have come out during the last six months.
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  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    70
    If you don't operate on the premise that soccer is the most important thing in the universe, you might not go along with everything in Fever Pitch.
  4. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    The story is unmemorable, but the characters are engaging and their predicaments are all too recognizable.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    It's an amiable enough picture, and genuinely insightful about the emotional appeal of devoted fandom.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Anita Gates
    50
    Just because a first-person analysis of a sociocultural phenomenon is fascinating in print, it should not necessarily be turned into a movie.
  7. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    40
    This frantic tale seems at once preachy and incoherent, collapsing into a more or less random collection of disconnected, unfocused scenes.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    30
    The entire matter of totemistic home-team dementia is roasted on a spit and then embraced for all its sorry pointlessness.
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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. sfoGuy
    1
    First let me say that I've seen About A Boy and High Fidelity about 3 times each, so I am a big Hornby fan. However, this movie had nothing going for it. It's a story about a stupid guy (and a woman who was stupid to get involved with him). There's nothing redeeming about it, nothing very funny about it, and it is a *huge* disappointment compared to the two films mentioned above. Don't waste your time. Really.… Full Review »
  2. JulieS.
    10
    Sexy Colin Firth. Football. What more could you want?
  3. DonaldW.
    6
    This is the kind of movie that my Mother would have summed as "a cute show." Not high praise but indicative of its entertainment value, even while acknowledging its faults. The latter include sketch comedy acting, mediocre writing and directing that makes many scenes far too long. Nonetheless, Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore are wonderful together and seem to be having a good time, despite it all. And that is enough to make the whole thing, well, cute.… Full Review »
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