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Fever Pitch

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Fever Pitch reviews
55
9.0 User Score:

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Based on 8 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Romance

Written by: Nick Hornby

Directed by: David Evans

Release Date:
Theatrical: September 24, 1999
DVD: November 21, 2000

Running Time: 102 minutes, Color

Origin: UK

Summary

RATING: Not rated

Starring Luke Aikman, Bea Guard, Neil Pearson, Ruth Gemmel, and Colin Firth

Paul, and English teacher who is obsessed with English football -- specifically the perennial championship-less Arsenal-- enters into a roller-coaster romance with Sarah who, in the end, is forced to appreciate the virtues of the sport.

What The Critics Said

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88

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Vastly superior to the small and independent films that have come out during the last six months.

88

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

A sweetly hilarious romantic comedy about a soccer fan whose favorite pro team's unexpected success threatens to push him over the edge.

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70

Washington Post Desson Thomson

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.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

It's an amiable enough picture, and genuinely insightful about the emotional appeal of devoted fandom.

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50

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

The story is unmemorable, but the characters are engaging and their predicaments are all too recognizable.

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50

The New York Times Anita Gates

Just because a first-person analysis of a sociocultural phenomenon is fascinating in print, it should not necessarily be turned into a movie.

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40

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

This frantic tale seems at once preachy and incoherent, collapsing into a more or less random collection of disconnected, unfocused scenes.

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30

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

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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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Julie S. gave it a10:
Sexy Colin Firth. Football. What more could you want?

Donald W. gave it a6:
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.

Antonio C. gave it a 10:
I love Arsenal and I can't do another thing except to...Love this movie! Every time I see that goal from Micheal Thomas, I stand up and start to exult as Paul and Steve!

Andy J. gave it an 8:
If you love football, you'll love it. The book is better, but it's a hard one to adapt for the screen. It's in my top ten movies of all time.

Claudia G. gave it a 9:
Americans do understand, at least this baseball obsessed fan does. This is just a great movie, and I think the critics who don't get it have probably never once in their lives screamed at a sporting event or endured an impossible relationship. Great acting, wonderful script, even a terrific soundtrack. This film's a winner, and should have been released to a wider audience in the U.S. Funny to see that the two most sports oriented NYC dailies gave it glowing reviews.

Daniel G. gave it a 10:
It´s simply the BEST movie ever made about being a football fan. Americans won´t understand.

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