Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Lenny Clarke
A contemporary romantic comedy about a high school teacher who meets and falls in love with a successful businesswoman. Although their lives are vastly different, the relationship seems perfect until ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 13, 2005
Stats: 5,607 reviews
Alright I keep finding movies I've seen a bunch of times but haven't reviewed such as Carpool or Fever Pitch. Jimmy Fallon does pretty well in this lead role. Very cheesy but funny and interesting in certain moments. Drew Barrymore is Drew Barrymore here, some of her lines are...( read more)
Having never read or watched the original Fever Pitch meant I could watch this for what it is. Sweet, delightful romantic comedy that is very funny. Both leads are highly likeable and it is easy to see where each one is coming from. Not being a sports fan though did mean Fallon s...( read more)
This was such a silly little movie, but I knew that when I went to see it.
This is cute fun lovable comedy. I personally thought Fallon and Barrymore had a really good connection and they made this movie work. Im a sucker for romance though.
I think I'd had a better time watching my "New York Mets" get their Injured Inept asses get creamed all year, then watching this film.
[A] near-perfect romantic comedy, and the elegance with which it's been constructed is a beautiful thing to behold. full review
The Farrellys, New Englanders by birth, love the Red Sox so much that they forgive their lead character a multitude of sins that, in any of their other movies, they'd be too gentlemanly (and too human... full review
A romantic comedy that flirts with something serious but never gets past the flirting stage. full review
Fallon is rather good, too, by the way -- his self-effacement here becomes him. full review
The screenplay, by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, struggles to make up for a fundamental lack of suspense. full review
It's sad to watch the kingpins of gross-out try to dial down to cute. Swung at and missed. full review
Do not make the mistake of thinking it is a baseball movie. It is a movie about how men and women, filled with love and motivated by the best will in the world, simply do not speak the same emotional ... full review
At times, it works brilliantly, bringing the fanatic (and mostly male) world of baseball geekdom into collision with the planet where women strive for career success and true love, usually with painfu... full review
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