Critic Reviews

It's been a while since a movie made the game of love this winning.

The movie has been directed by the Farrelly brothers...Here, they're sensitive and warm-hearted, never push too hard, empathize with the characters, allow Lindsey and Ben to become people we care about.

Baseball, Boston and Drew Barrymore. Certainly sounds like a winning combination.

The Farrelly brothers are growing up, which in this case isn't a bad thing. With a tacked-on ending made necessary by the Boston Red Sox's improbable World Series run last fall, Fever Pitch proves a charming romantic comedy against "A Beautiful Mind"-type framework.

A curious mix of smarts and schmaltz.

Effortlessly entertaining romantic comedy.

The gall of Peter and Bobby Farrelly. To think that a romantic comedy might work absent a sleazy wager or maddening miscommunication takes a lot of chutzpah.

The picture's consistently entertaining and, though it has few brilliant comic peaks, it never plunges into boring valleys.

Fever Pitch works. At times, it works brilliantly.

Ultimately goes the distance, it gets the job done with a halfhearted bunt rather than a solid line drive.