Starring Jimmy Fallon (Ben) and Drew Barrymore (Lindsey) (but I won’t actually use the character names in the brackets).

All I gotta say is WOW! Jimmy Fallon is pretty tops in my book but he went over the top in Fever Pitch. Drew Barrymore finally acts well (ok, she acts pretty well most of the time but I’ve never been a fan so just be happy that I’m giving this much to her).

Ok, now the real review (enough babbling). Fever Pitch is a romantic (gasp) comedy (phew, good save) involving a man (Jimmy!), a woman (Drew?…yeah, Drew) and baseball (ewwww). The romance is between Jimmy and (you guessed it) baseball! There’s also a little thing between him and Drew (ick).

Ok Ok, fine, real thoughts.
There is plenty of comedy in this film and it’s smart and snappy. The smart and snappy comes from the Farrelly brothers who directed Me, Myself, and Irene (awesome), Shallow Hal (wicked), There’s Something About Mary (he he), and of course Dumb and Dumber (classic). So you’d expect something as silly as those, init? However, the brothers do something spectacular and don’t rely on slapstick humour. Instead, characters are built up through dialog and conversation (a movie…involving words? wow!). There are plenty of insights into each character especially Drew who has plenty of conversations with her friends regarding the newest man in her life.
Jimmy is also built up substantially as his love for the Sox isn’t immediately apparent but his dimensions build up once his love for the team are introduced.
I was surprised by how little baseball plays a part in this film. There is plenty in this film at all times to show how the relationship between the two grows and how Drew and Jimmy go through the hardships of his…affliction.
This is definetly the film that Jimmy was meant to act in and he does a superb job…again, I will give props to Drew who does manage to do a good job. Of course the Farrelly brothers did an excellent job with the entire film and managing to get all the live game footage that they did.
Oh yeah, the scenes where they are in the stadium and at the games are actual games and at the end where they are on the field…that’s the actual event and real game win.
So…excellent movie, go see it. Jimmy has followed in the footsteps of Adam Sandler and put out an excellent romantic comedy (Spanglish…with Sandler..available on DVD right now).