FEVER PITCH review thread...
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FEVER PITCH review thread...
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JoBlo - 4/10
"I saw this movie about two hours ago and I can barely remember a single thing from it—save for one semi-humorous scene featuring Fallon watching a Bill Buckner videotape at home. That’s it, man…one joke in 100 minutes of so-called comedy."
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JoBlo - 4/10
"I saw this movie about two hours ago and I can barely remember a single thing from it—save for one semi-humorous scene featuring Fallon watching a Bill Buckner videotape at home. That’s it, man…one joke in 100 minutes of so-called comedy."
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I thought it was entertaining, but then I am a red sox fan so it may not be as enjoyable for a non red sox fans. It is not a great movie but it entertained me so I would recommend it to others. it may have more to do with reliving the alcs and world series from last year.
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I was at one of the games where they filmed for the movie (a Saturday afternoon loss to the Texas Rangers) sitting along the left foul-line just a few sections over from Fallon/Barrymore... and I'm not certain I'll be catching this flick!
Has it received any good reviews?
Has it received any good reviews?
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Saw the sneak last Friday...I found Jimmy Fallon to be surprisingly charming. I hated him on Saturday Night Live but thought that he created a realistic, likeable character in Fever Pitch. As for the rest of the movie, it had a few awkward moments (some of the dialogue was just completely unnatural), but the entire theater (all Red Sox fans) had a great time. People were shrieking with laughter on some occasions. Yes, it may be a cliche romantic comedy, and if you hate the Red Sox, it probably won't be interesting to you at all, but I'd recommend it as a genuinely good time. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Has it received any good reviews?
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well that answers my question. I was going to start a thread asking Sox fans what they thought about being represented on the silver screen by Fallon..
however, if the Sox fans want to comment about this, please feel free.
btw...I ask this not as a Sox hater, but a Fallon hater.
however, if the Sox fans want to comment about this, please feel free.
btw...I ask this not as a Sox hater, but a Fallon hater.
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His shirt doesn't say i love the yankees...and as we all know to well, some Red Sox fans live in NY city. Love for a town and love for a team are different things.
on a side note....Damn Red Sox....
on a side note....Damn Red Sox....
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Originally Posted by Rogue588
well that answers my question. I was going to start a thread asking Sox fans what they thought about being represented on the silver screen by Fallon..
Also, it helps that the people who play his friends are well cast (although I'm a little biased, the man who plays Artie is one of my closest friends). Most of them are even real New Englanders. Barrymore is the only weak link.
Last edited by Zee; 04-05-05 at 04:37 PM.
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Looks terrible.
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I think it is amazing that they made this movie and then the Red Sox win the World Series, how lucky can the movie makers get - what great advertisment for the movie.
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I am still going to see the movie and I am actually looking forward to it. How often can you see David Ortiz hit a HR in a movie.
I also imagine that somewhere out there is a couple where the girl loves Jimmy Fallon and romantic comedies and the guy is a die hard Yankee fan. My hope is that she bitches and moans and makes the Yankee fan see this movie over and over again.
I also imagine that somewhere out there is a couple where the girl loves Jimmy Fallon and romantic comedies and the guy is a die hard Yankee fan. My hope is that she bitches and moans and makes the Yankee fan see this movie over and over again.
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Originally Posted by Rogue588
well that answers my question. I was going to start a thread asking Sox fans what they thought about being represented on the silver screen by Fallon..
however, if the Sox fans want to comment about this, please feel free.
btw...I ask this not as a Sox hater, but a Fallon hater.
however, if the Sox fans want to comment about this, please feel free.
btw...I ask this not as a Sox hater, but a Fallon hater.
It was disgusting to see Fallon act like he was the biggest Red Sox fan in the universe. I never liked Fallon and he seemed like such a phony. But I guess it was him or Ben Affleck (or Stephen King)
I'm still going to see it, though. I never understood fellow Sox fan's reactions towards the movie stars for being on the field after the Sox won. It didnt really bother me.
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I keep hearing peolple were suprised by Fallon... one of his big re-occuring sketches on SNL was a Sox-nut... so the role isn't exactly a stretch even though the characters are different (The SNL bit was pretty eccentric).
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Originally Posted by Cameron
and as we all know to well, some Red Sox fans live in NY city. Love for a town and love for a team are different things.
Originally Posted by Cameron
on a side note....Go Red Sox!!!!
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Originally Posted by chrisih8u
It was?
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A review of the movie in today's Boston Globe said "Barrymore, meanwhile, might be the funniest woman in the movies".
Wow, I wonder how much the production company paid for that...
However, it has this paragraph that sums up how I feel about it: "Directed by New Englanders Peter and Bobby Farrelly, ''Fever Pitch" arrives with the stink of Soxploitation. The sight, last year, of Fallon and Barrymore hopping onto the field and making out at Busch Stadium after the team won the World Series smacked of Hollywood opportunism at its most nauseating."
I love Nick Hornby, but I won't be bothering to see this...
-jason
Wow, I wonder how much the production company paid for that...
However, it has this paragraph that sums up how I feel about it: "Directed by New Englanders Peter and Bobby Farrelly, ''Fever Pitch" arrives with the stink of Soxploitation. The sight, last year, of Fallon and Barrymore hopping onto the field and making out at Busch Stadium after the team won the World Series smacked of Hollywood opportunism at its most nauseating."
I love Nick Hornby, but I won't be bothering to see this...
-jason
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Originally Posted by fuzzbox
A review of the movie in today's Boston Globe said "Barrymore, meanwhile, might be the funniest woman in the movies".
Wow, I wonder how much the production company paid for that...
Wow, I wonder how much the production company paid for that...
Yeowch!
Well, count me in the camp that enjoys Barrymore. The PITCH role is easy for her, but she's awfully good in this type of production.
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The Entertainment Weekly review is an almost-rave.
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Originally Posted by Zee
The Entertainment Weekly review is an almost-rave.