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DVD Fever Pitch (Boston Red Sox Collector's Edition)
The Farrelly brothers continue their good-natured winning streak with Fever Pitch, a romantic comedy charmed by fate and last-minute improvisation. The movie was originally written with a bittersweet ending, but something unexpected happened (kismet, or perhaps divine intervention?) when the Boston Red Sox scored miraculous victories in the 2004 playoffs and World Series, and Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon were there, in character, to celebrate love and baseball as a pair of amiable lovers who learn to share their lives while accommodating Fallon's life-long passion for the Red Sox. You really have to love baseball to forgive the formulaic romance by veteran Hollywood screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (who also wrote A League of Their Own, and could write this stuff in their sleep), but the codirecting Farrellys make it work, along with the easygoing chemistry of Barrymore and Fallon. The movie bears little resemblance to Nick Hornby's source novel (which was more faithfully adapted as a 1997 British comedy starring Colin Firth), but anyone who enjoyed High Fidelity or About a Boy will recognize Hornby's keen understanding of men and women, and the hazards we all endure when playing the game of love. --Jeff Shannon
Review(s): DVD Fever Pitch (Boston Red Sox Collector's Edition)
Mediocre movie..
There are much better love stories out there.. This movie does not even hit a single in my opinion..
Only a movie a Red Sox fan could love
I knew there was reason why I didn't want to see this release in the theatre and I'm not all that thrilled that I shelled out three bucks to see this as a rental. While I like baseball, I find the lacklustre romance daunting in this film. The fact that Jimmy is a diehard Sox fan is only funny for about ten minutes. So he couldn't go to a few functions and every once a while he's screaming like an idoit on t.v.--so? I kept waiting for something to happen that would either keep me in stitches or make me weep for my couple to stick it out (that's what romantic comedies do.) There was hardly enough conflict in this movie to qualify as a Lifetime movie let a lone a big theatrical movie release. And Hollywood wants to know why people are staying away from the theaters this year. Why would anyone want to spend $8-$10 for a movie when you can see better stuff on t.v.?
Great Movie!, a must for any Red Sox Fan!!!
I must admit, I'm a little biased since I spent my last two years in Boston, and there was a lot of Red Sox magic going on, but the movie in itself is funny, imaginative and well created, and even if you're not a fan of the Red Sox, you'll definitely love seeing Drew Barrymore getting whacked in the head with a Baseball!!
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