Fever Pitch
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6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 48
  3. Negative: 10 out of 48

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  1. GregLA
    Apr 7, 2005
    1
    Not funny. Boring.
  2. JamesB.
    Apr 8, 2005
    2
    It was more than a little disappointing. I laughed maybe twice in the whole thing. Fallon is no Sandler.
  3. BrianG
    Nov 7, 2005
    2
    I love baseball. I hate this movie. Jimmy Fallon is a complete idiot in nearly every movie, and this one only exemplifies that even more. The movie is so scripted; you can easily guess the outcome, and what will happen next. Not to mention it is overly exaggerated. I know there are some extreme Red Sox fans, but this is ridiculous.
  4. JessicaH.
    Apr 14, 2005
    4
    No on-screen chemistry between Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. This movie would have been much better had it starred Adam Sandler. There were a few really funny parts, but on the whole, it was pretty wretched.
  5. Ross
    Apr 10, 2005
    1
    A dead thing on the screen. Not funny, not romantic, not convincing for a minute. Jimmy Fallon plays the whole movie like someone just woke him up from a nap; Drew Barrymore is like a Valley Girl playing dress up. It's the movie equivalent of cheez whiz: tasteless, fake and increasingly nauseating.
  6. HaroldL.
    Apr 8, 2005
    2
    This film was incredibly dull.
  7. Seth
    Apr 8, 2005
    4
    Mediocre. Fallon and Barrymore have no chemistry at all. Pretty flat, very few laughs, insanley ugly cinematography.
  8. ColinA.
    Jun 13, 2005
    0
    Drew barrymore is not believable as an educated, intelligent person. Jimmy Fallon is not believable as an adult. No one's quite explained how a memoir about footy becomes a fictional rom-com about baseball. Movies like this help explain why no likes Americans and why no one should like Americans.
  9. Alicia
    Feb 1, 2006
    1
    It was so boring and dull. I had to watch it in 2 days to get through the movie without falling asleep. It did have a few funny parts, but the overall plot and story behind the movie makes the movie horrible.
  10. DrewF.
    Apr 24, 2005
    0
    Brutal, painful, atrocious. It's apparent that no one involved understood the game of baseball (not even able to properly identify that Miguel Tejada is, in fact, a BLACK GUY!), they simply trotted out all of the commonly held cliches concerning RED SOX fans (which are no longer relevant seeing as how they've won the darned World Series!) and threw in terms like "Buckner", "Schilling's Sock" and "the curse of the Bambino" in an attempt to prove their baseball knowledge. The cliches don't stop there, though, as we ALSO manage to work in EVERY single Chick Flick cliche there is. I LAUGHED OUT LOUD during the scene where Barrymore calls Fallon to tell her she got her period, and he cradled the Baby-Sox uniform he had purchased. HYSTERICALLY BAD! Stephen King had more chemistry with that baseball then Fallon and Barrymore have in this entire film. Most of their scenes together have a real uncomfortable air about them. Fallon needs to be dropped into the abyss of failed-SNL stars PRONTO!… Expand
  11. Robert
    Sep 17, 2005
    3
    I gave it a three cause I could see how it might be appealing to some people. Yet it really isn't funny at all and its so cliched. I watched it with about six friends and it seemed every five mins we were correctly predicting what would happen next. Jimmy Fallon is really annoying in just about every movie. So I already have a low opinion of him. This movie is a real dog.

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Metascore
56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 37
  3. Negative: 2 out of 37
  1. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    75
    A curious mix of smarts and schmaltz.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    70
    Ultimately goes the distance, it gets the job done with a halfhearted bunt rather than a solid line drive.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    80
    The Farrelly brothers are growing up, which in this case isn't a bad thing. With a tacked-on ending made necessary by the Boston Red Sox's improbable World Series run last fall, Fever Pitch proves a charming romantic comedy against "A Beautiful Mind"-type framework.
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