Fever Pitch

Name: Fever Pitch
Genre: Drama, Sport, Comedy, Romance
Released: September 24, 1999
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell

1999

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Phaedra Cinema | Release Date: September 24, 1999 | R

Starring: Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell

Summary: Paul, and English teacher who is obsessed with English football -- specifically the perennial championship-less Arsenal-- enters into a roller-coaster romance with Sarah who, in the end, is forced to appreciate the virtues of the sport.

Director: David Evans

Genre(s): Drama, Sport, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 102 min

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Jonathan Foreman

Vastly superior to the small and independent films that have come out during the last six months.

Jack Mathews

A sweetly hilarious romantic comedy about a soccer fan whose favorite pro team's unexpected success threatens to push him over the edge. Read full review

Desson Thomson

If you don't operate on the premise that soccer is the most important thing in the universe, you might not go along with everything in Fever Pitch. Read full review

Anita Gates

Just because a first-person analysis of a sociocultural phenomenon is fascinating in print, it should not necessarily be turned into a movie. Read full review

David Sterritt

The story is unmemorable, but the characters are engaging and their predicaments are all too recognizable. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

This frantic tale seems at once preachy and incoherent, collapsing into a more or less random collection of disconnected, unfocused scenes. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

The entire matter of totemistic home-team dementia is roasted on a spit and then embraced for all its sorry pointlessness. Read full review

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JulieS.

Jun 13, 2006

Sexy Colin Firth. Football. What more could you want?

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geewah

Jan 24, 2021

A movie that long suffering sports fans (particularly Arsenal fans) can relate to.
Funny and highly entertaining.

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DonaldW.

Apr 3, 2006

This is the kind of movie that my Mother would have summed as "a cute show." Not high praise but indicative of its entertainment value, even while acknowledging its faults. The latter include sketch comedy acting, mediocre writing and directing that makes many scenes far too long. This is the kind of movie that my Mother would have summed as "a cute show." Not high praise but indicative of its entertainment value, even while acknowledging its faults. The latter include sketch comedy acting, mediocre writing and directing that makes many scenes far too long. Nonetheless, Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore are wonderful together and seem to be having a good time, despite it all. And that is enough to make the whole thing, well, cute.… Expand

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sfoGuy

Feb 21, 2012

First let me say that I've seen About A Boy and High Fidelity about 3 times each, so I am a big Hornby fan. However, this movie had nothing going for it. It's a story about a stupid guy (and a woman who was stupid to get involved with him). There's nothing redeeming about it, nothingFirst let me say that I've seen About A Boy and High Fidelity about 3 times each, so I am a big Hornby fan. However, this movie had nothing going for it. It's a story about a stupid guy (and a woman who was stupid to get involved with him). There's nothing redeeming about it, nothing very funny about it, and it is a *huge* disappointment compared to the two films mentioned above. Don't waste your time. Really.… Expand

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