i have to admit that i go into fever pitch with low expectation . it no huge revelation for me to say that jimmy fallon last movie ( taxi ) be catwomanly bad and and the trailer for fever pitch be all right but do not mesmerize me . i be already prepare some cheesy baseball pun for my review . i like jimmy fallon and but taxi be strike one in his movie career . well and now we have get steeeeee riiiiiike twoooooooo . one more strike and and it back to snl . or buy yourself some peanut and cracker jack and but do not buy ticket to fever pitch . you will walk out of the theater and never go back . then the movie have to go and be way more entertaining than i be expect . but hey and i couldn not let my pun go to waste and right . another reason i think i wouldn not care for the movie be that i hate the boston red sox . my whole family hat em . the mere mention of pedro martinez name send me run to the bathroom . oh man and hold on . all right and i be back . anyway and my mom and who be a st. louis cardinal fan and still believe the world series be rig last year . she refuse to believe the sox win it legitimately . but i be man enough to admit that fever pitch cause me to sympathize and albeit only slightly and with the plight of red sox fan . anybody who have a passion for sport will be able to relate to this movie on some level . unless you have a favorite sport team you can not fully understand the extreme high and low that a fan such a fallon ben can go through . there nothing quite so fresh a the smell of a new season and nothing quite so smooth a a clean slate . well and figuratively speak . it the joy of be a sport fan . wait til next year and become your mantra and your motto and your prayer and fever pitch effectively capture that essence . i love the fact that the movie take a fictional story and throw it against the real life backdrop of the red sox improbable world series run last year . i do not love it so much that i want to marry it and but you know what i mean . i expect this to be handle in a fairly cheesy manner and and while some of the humor be a little silly and it actually pretty realistic . you see and ben uncle take him to his first red sox game when he be 7 year old and and when he die he leave ben his two season ticket . ben hasn not miss a game in 23 year . at the beginning of each season he have a draft day where he and his friend get together to figure out who get to go to which game with him . he make everybody dance for the yankee game and whenever somebody complain he threaten them with ticket for the game with the royal ( sorry mr. shade ) and the devil ray . it a very good scene and and it work so well because i actually know of people who do the ticket draft day . i also must admit that i can relate to when ben go to dinner with lindsey and her parent . the red sox be play a road game and but instead of watch it live on tv ben decide to tape it . one of the most dangerous thing in life be tap a game and then be in public and try to avoid hear the result . be there . it a very tense and scary situation . weeeeeell and ben enters the danger zone when a guy show up at the restaurant and mention watch the game . ben immediately cover his ear and start shriek like a banshee so a not to hear the outcome . lindsey be embarrass and and her parent do not know what to think . yeah and sport fan can be weird and i do not deny it . but it real . now if youre expect the crude and edgy stuff that the farrelly brother be know for then you could be disappoint . they do have their moment though and like when ben say he like how lindsey sometimes talk out of the side of her mouth like an adorable stroke victim and but overall this be definitely a soft and more romantic side that the bros be put on display . that not to say that the movie ever get way too sappy . thankfully and when the sap start to ooze a bit and the farrellys know when to pull away . a romantic moment with lindsey jump on the field and run over to ben to declare her undying love for him turn into ben sincerely reply and you have get ta tell me about the outfield . be it spongy . jimmy fallon prove that with the right material he can handle himself well on the big screen and and draw barrymore remain a constant source of romantic comedy charm . fever pitch be just good and solid entertainment that take a somewhat fresh look at the romantic comedy genre . it a movie that guy and gal can both relate to . particularly the guy who practice sport fanaticism at some point during the year and the lady who must deal with em . now if the red sox fan could please shut up about the curse of the bambino i would appreciate it . my memphis tiger have never win the ncaa basketball championship and so i officially declare my plight great than yours . the gist fan of jimmy fallon and draw barrymore and romantic comedy and the red sox and baseball and or sport fanaticism in general should consider give fever pitch a look . i wouldn not go out of my way to rush and see it at the first available time and but it will make a great matinée . rating represent 3 . 25 ( out of 5 ) .