Last night we had a chance to sit down for some adult time, and caught (sorry) Fever Pitch. It wasn't our favorite, by any means, but it wasn't bad, either. It's probably worth watching if you have a discount theater nearby, or catch it in a discount DVD bin, but I don't know if I'd go much further than that.
Drew Barrymore plays high-powered businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, who gets together with less-than-ambitious schoolteacher Ben Wrightman (Jimmy Fallon). Both are 30 and neither is taken, so obviously each has problems. Lindsey's issue is her job. Ben's problem is that he's a Red Sox fan.
While not the smartest written comedy, it isn't the worst, either. It's no Major League or anything, but it's not bad either. Though I'm not a Red Sox fan, you can't help but feel for Ben - he has liked the Sox for more than twenty years so he deserves something, right?
The biggest complaint that I have is that there really isn't anything surprising here. Ben is a big baseball fan, and that's his problem. Lindsey is a workaholic. They have to decide if it's worth the tradeoff to be with each other. Of course the answer is yes, so they just have to work through it.
Rated PG-13, the movie is mostly okay for everyone, but there is some adult language that won't be good for the younger set. The rest of the rating comes from crude humor and sexuality, much of which will probably go unnoticed. Frankly, most of the young ones will likely be bored with the movie anyway, so you won't end up arguing over watching this one.
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