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Fever Pitch : 2 of 5
4.14.2005 8:36 PM \| Link	This isn't the kind of movie I would normally see in the theater, but I don't mind a basic romantic comedy every now and then, and there wasn't much else my pal Melinda and I wanted to see. The story is about a Red Sox fanatic and his workaholic girlfriend, and that's about it - no huge twists or turns, except for the semi-ridiculous ending where she runs across the field avoiding security! Surprisingly, some of the scenes are really emotional - there was more drama than I expected, and Jimmy Fallon shows that he can stretch beyond Saturday Night Live comedy. Drew is same as always, although I think I was a little more annoyed at her sideways mouth talking - it's getting weirder as she gets older. It was fun seeing all the baseball scenes (even though I think the Red Sox are the ugliest team in baseball!), and there are plenty of shots of the big CITGO sign over Fenway Park, which I used to see on all the annual reports when I worked for them. I actually didn't know until the end of the movie that the plot is based on a Nick Hornby novel - I've read some of his stuff a long time ago, and I guess that explains the more balanced plot, rather than the goofball comedy I expected. Anyway, I didn't get bored, so it was a decent, unspectacular film. Labels: movies


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