Fever Pitch first Major League Baseball World Series victory in 86 years. This championship was entirely coincidental; the 2005 version was being filmed during the 2004 regular season, including scenes filmed at Fenway Park during actual games. As the Red Sox continued to progress through the playoffs, the Farrellys rewrote the script to include the historic moment. The movie was renamed "The Perfect Catch" outside North America to avoid confusion with the 1997 film. Fever Pitch Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: "Fever Pitch" (1997,
Barrymore (film) has a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Andrew Schenker of "Slant Magazine" awarded the film one and a half stars out of four. David Fear of "Time Out" awarded the film two stars out of five. Colin Covert of the "Star Tribune" awarded the film three stars. Lisa Schwarzbaum of "Entertainment Weekly" graded the film a B. Betsy Sharkey of the "Los Angeles Times" gave a negative review, writing that "it was never a good candidate for film." Barrymore (film) Barrymore is a 2011 Canadian drama film written and directed by Eric Canuel and based on William Luce's 1996 play