Post by StevePulaski on Apr 1, 2011 22:47:23 GMT -5
Rating: ★★★½
Fever Pitch is not to be mistaken with a baseball comedy. Its a heartfelt romantic genre about a woman literally competing for a man's love when the hot topic on his mind during spring, summer, and some of fall is baseball. In the film, Jimmy Fallon is a Boston Red Sox fan. We all know how they can get. It's not prettier than Cubs fans.
The plot: Ben Wrightman (Fallon) is a school teacher who is a die hard Boston Red Sox fan thanks to his Uncle Carl who took him to his first Red Sox game at age seven. Ben meets Lindsey Meeks (Barrymore) who is a workaholic executive. The two have chemistry just by the way they look at each other.
Ben and Lindsey wind up dating for a little while, but just as Lindsey tells Ben he should meet her parents, BOOM, he hits her with the news; his Uncle Carl left season tickets in his will to Ben and he needs to go down to Miami for spring training.
Lindsey doesn't know why Ben would rather go to some "stupid" game then go meet her parents. After all, they might be getting married. But that's the beauty of it all; sometimes women don't understand a man's obsession with something like sports.
Ben is a die hard Sox fan, and feels obligated to be at the games. Lindsey forces herself to go to one of the games and can't sit still because of the fact (a) she knows nothing about baseball and (b) doesn't care about the outcome.
Fever Pitch was directed by The Farrelly Brothers who of course directed Dumb and Dumber, Me, Myself, and Irene, and There's Something About Mary. I didn't find a whole lot of enjoyment in Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary was only average to me. I think after watching Fever Pitch I found my favorite Farrelly Brothers' film.
Starring: Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. Directed by: Bobby and Peter Farrelly.
Fever Pitch is not to be mistaken with a baseball comedy. Its a heartfelt romantic genre about a woman literally competing for a man's love when the hot topic on his mind during spring, summer, and some of fall is baseball. In the film, Jimmy Fallon is a Boston Red Sox fan. We all know how they can get. It's not prettier than Cubs fans.
The plot: Ben Wrightman (Fallon) is a school teacher who is a die hard Boston Red Sox fan thanks to his Uncle Carl who took him to his first Red Sox game at age seven. Ben meets Lindsey Meeks (Barrymore) who is a workaholic executive. The two have chemistry just by the way they look at each other.
Ben and Lindsey wind up dating for a little while, but just as Lindsey tells Ben he should meet her parents, BOOM, he hits her with the news; his Uncle Carl left season tickets in his will to Ben and he needs to go down to Miami for spring training.
Lindsey doesn't know why Ben would rather go to some "stupid" game then go meet her parents. After all, they might be getting married. But that's the beauty of it all; sometimes women don't understand a man's obsession with something like sports.
Ben is a die hard Sox fan, and feels obligated to be at the games. Lindsey forces herself to go to one of the games and can't sit still because of the fact (a) she knows nothing about baseball and (b) doesn't care about the outcome.
Fever Pitch was directed by The Farrelly Brothers who of course directed Dumb and Dumber, Me, Myself, and Irene, and There's Something About Mary. I didn't find a whole lot of enjoyment in Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary was only average to me. I think after watching Fever Pitch I found my favorite Farrelly Brothers' film.
Starring: Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. Directed by: Bobby and Peter Farrelly.