Drew Barrymore and Jimmy what's-his-name from SNL costar in FEVER PITCH, the story of a nice girl (albeit a 30-year-old "girl") who is dating a nebbish obsessed with the Red Sox. This constantly gets in the way of their relationship, so she breaks it off. He realizes how much he misses her and takes drastic action -- offering to sell his Sox season tickets -- to prove his love. It all ends in some slapstick schtick on the field at Fenway Park. Fallon (I had to look up his name to remind me) lacks screen presence, although he might remind some of a junior Mike Myers. Barrymore is OK, if you can accept her in the role of a junior business exec whose biological time clock is fast running out. The two unfortunately lack any serious chemistry, and the movie is just a series of clichés. I gave it one more point that I might have due to a number of colorful character actors surrounding Fallon whenever the setting is Fenway Park, which it frequently is.
Review of Fever Pitch
