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-Jimmy
Fallon
-Drew
Barrymore
The
Farrelly
Brothers
(THERE'S
SOMETHING
ABOUT
MARY,
DUMB
&
DUMBER)
take
a
slight
departure
from
their
signature
breed
of
over-the-top,
gross-out
humor
and
opt
instead
for
sensitive
restraint
with
this
genuinely
sweet
love
story.
Credit
is
due
in
part
to
the
writing
team
of
Lowell
Ganz
and
Babaloo
Mandel
(SPANGLISH)
who
adapt
Nick
Hornby's
popular
British
novel,
moving
it
to
Boston
and
exchanging
the
protagonist's
obsession
with
soccer
for
an
all-consuming
love
of
baseball.
Ever
since
his
first
childhood
visit
to
Fenway
Park,
easygoing
schoolteacher
Ben
(Jimmy
Fallon)
has
been
in
love
with
the
Boston
Red
Sox.
When
he
meets
a
successful
workaholic
named
Lindsey
Meeks
(Drew
Barrymore),
he
warns
her
that
being
such
an
avid
fan
has
been
a
problem
in
his
past
relationships.
On
the
brink
of
turning
30,
Lindsey
is
eager
to
make
what
seems
like
an
otherwise
promising
romance
work,
and
she
agrees
to
go
with
Ben
to
opening
day
(of
the
eventful
2004
season
when
the
Red
Sox
won
the
World
Series
for
the
first
time
in
86
years).
As
baseball
season
proceeds,
the
truly
obsessive
nature
of
Ben's
hobby
is
revealed,
and
a
love
triangle
is
set
up
in
which
baseball
plays
the
role
of
the
other
woman.
Lindsey's
feelings
for
Ben
are
put
to
the
test
again
and
again
as
his
love
for
the
game
threatens
to
outweigh
his
feelings
for
her.
While
the
film's
structure
is
pretty
typical
of a
romantic
comedy,
FEVER
PITCH
offers
quirky
characters
that
ring
true.
Fallon
and
Barrymore
display
a
genuine
chemistry
and
Fallon
proves
(after
leaving
SNL)
that
he
can
pull
off
the
romantic
lead.
With
the
exception
of
Yankee
fans,
FEVER
PITCH
should
appeal
to
anyone
who
has
ever
really
loved
another
person
(or
a
pastime).
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