Fever Pitch (2005)

Directed by

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 761 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman falls for a man who is obsessed with baseball. Their relationship is tested by his all-consuming devotion to the Boston Red Sox.

lightheartedromanticcomedicsports-themedfeel-goodfunupbeat

What happens

Fever Pitch (released as The Perfect Catch outside North America) is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by the Farrelly brothers. It stars Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon and is a remake of the British 1997 film of the same title. Nick Hornby, who had written the original 1992 book and the 1997 screenplay adaptation, acted as an executive producer for the American remake. While both the book and the original 1997 film are about association football, the 2005 adaptation, aimed specifically at the American market, is about baseball. Both Fever Pitch films feature real-life dramatic sporting victories, the original focusing on Arsenal's last-minute League title win in the final game of the 1988–1989 season, and the remake on the Boston Red Sox's World Series Championship in 2004, unanticipated while the film was in production. The film premiered in Boston on April 6, 2005 and was released by 20th Century Fox on April 8, 2005, in the United States, with Inside the CIA, a promotional short film for American Dad!, premiering with it. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $50.6 million against a $30 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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