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Fever Pitch

A comedy about the game of love.

6.2 / 10

104 minutes

2005-04-06

English

DE

Actors :

Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler, Maureen Keiller, Daniel Greene, Ione Skye, Marissa Jaret Winokur, KaDee Strickland, JoBeth Williams, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Brett Murphy, Evan Helmuth, Johnny Sneed, Greta Onieogou

Description

When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but they fall in love, regardless. Their romance goes well until baseball season begins, and Lindsey soon realizes that Ben is completely obsessed with the Boston Red Sox. Though she tries to understand Ben's passionate team loyalty, eventually it threatens to end their otherwise happy relationship.

Reviews

Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

6/23/2021, 3:58:36 PM

There are a lot of sub-genres in movies: spaghetti Westerns, Police Procedural Mysteries, and Epic Fantasy - like Lord of the Rings. You can usually find a lot of room within these sub-genres for imaginative examples. They can be wildly different. Romantic Comedies seem to have less leeway. You have a formula that is often used, with minor changes here and there. The characters usually seem to hav...