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Fever Pitch

2005

Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Ione Skye, Jason Spevack ...

5.1

4,552

Romance. Comedy High-school teacher Ben Wrightman is a good catch. He's charming, funny and great with kids. When he meets Lindsey Meeks, an ambitious business consultant whose spirit is as luminous as her beauty, their attraction is immediate. Sure, they have their differences. She's a workaholic; he loves his summers off. He lives and breathes the Red Sox; she doesn't know Carl Yastrzemski from Johnny Damon. But true love overcomes all--at least ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Directed by the Farrelly brothers (...) Here, they're sensitive and warm-hearted, never push too hard, empathize with the characters, allow Lindsey and Ben to become people we care about (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The movie is so soggy and anonymous, I had to remind myself that the Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, directed it (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"The Farrelly brothers are growing up, which in this case isn't a bad thing"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Despite the visual clumsiness and the production's tattered seams, I found myself rooting for this movie anyway"	NEU
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"[The Farrelly brothers'] sensibility all but disappears into the generic rom-com trappings of 'Fever Pitch' (...) Barrymore has rarely been so bright and effortlessly charming (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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