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Fun at Fenwaynew
Jimmy Fallon is almost decent in this feel-good baseball-romance flick.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-14-2005 |
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Romantic Comedy Ends Up Actually Being About Somethingnew
The pointedly unfunny first half-hour makes Fallon and Barrymore look like big-screen comedy rookies. But once the film starts digging into sports rituals, fan psychology and incompatible passions, Fever Pitch turns into the rare Hollywood romantic comedy that's actually about something.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-14-2005 |
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Farrellys Strike Outnew
Don’t go into the Farrelly brothers’ Fever Pitch seeking an adaptation along the lines of the merely Yankified remix of the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity: This is not that – not even close.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-08-2005 |
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