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So-so
Avg. Critic Score: 56 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 Iffy for 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    It's been a while since a movie made the game of love this winning. Read full review

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The movie has been directed by the Farrelly brothers...Here, they're sensitive and warm-hearted, never push too hard, empathize with the characters, allow Lindsey and Ben to become people we care about. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | Brian Lowry

    The Farrelly brothers are growing up, which in this case isn't a bad thing. With a tacked-on ending made necessary by the Boston Red Sox's improbable World Series run last fall, Fever Pitch proves a charming romantic comedy against "A Beautiful Mind"-type framework. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Ultimately goes the distance, it gets the job done with a halfhearted bunt rather than a solid line drive. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Carina Chocano

    Sweet and often hilarious. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    By contrast, other Hornby screen adaptations are "About a Boy" and "High Fidelity"- superb comedies both and, in Fidelity's case, a treatise on male obsession with far more depth and even more laughs. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Still, despite the visual clumsiness and the production's tattered seams, I found myself rooting for this movie anyway, partly because Lindsey and Ben make a nice fit, as do the actors playing them, partly because the Farrellys bring so much heart to their movies, and partly because Ms. Barrymore inspires more goodwill than any other young actress I can think of working today in American movies. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    A romantic comedy that flirts with something serious but never gets past the flirting stage. Read full review

  • 50
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    The movie is so soggy and anonymous, I had to remind myself that the Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, directed it. It's sad to watch the kingpins of gross-out try to dial down to cute. Swung at and missed. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    If anything, Fever Pitch will give Bosox fans one more chance to relive, in big-screen glory, those fleeting, flavorsome days. Read full review


Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+ Perfectly enjoyable but perfectly forgettable.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie includes some strong and crude language, including at least three jokes about male sexual organs. There are sexual references and non-explicit sexual situations including (spoiler alert) a pregnancy scare. Characters drink (Ben tells Lindsay one thing he likes about her is that she drinks) and (briefly) smoke.
  • Families can talk about the fine line between being a fan and being a fanatic. They could discuss the ways that caring deeply about a team, a star, a movie, or a video game, can make people feel like they are part of something, especially when they share those feelings with friends. How were Lindsay's feelings about her job like Ben's feelings about the Red Sox?
What to watch for
  • violence false-1 Violence: Tense scenes.
  • sex false3 Sex: Sexual references and non-explicit situations, brief crude humor.
  • language false3 Language: Some strong and crude language.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking, brief smoking.

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