Fever Pitch

This was supposed to be published on Red Sox Opening Day this year. But, due to the virus, this post was put on hold. Here now is my review for Fever Pitch.

   Happy Opening Day to my home team, the Boston Red Sox! To celebrate the Red Sox's Opening Day, I'm gonna tell you about a movie that deals with the Red Sox. From 2005, it's Fever Pitch! Starring then SNL cast member and future late-night host Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore (E.T. and The Wedding Singer). Loosely based on a book called Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life, originally published in England in 1992, by Nick Hornby.
   Ben Wrightman (Jimmy Fallon) is a die-hard Red Sox fan. He's Red Sox crazy! So crazy, he has every Red Sox merchandise all over his apartment. Since he was seven, Ben's Uncle Carl (Lenny Clarke) would take him to several Red Sox games at Fenway Park. Years passed and Ben is still living in Boston and is working as a schoolteacher. He has also inherited season tickets for the Red Sox from his late uncle. During a field trip, Ben meets a workaholic executive named Lindsay Meeks (Drew Barrymore). She rejects Ben at first, but later changes her mind to go out with him. After a few dates, Ben reveals his guilty pleasure of being a Red Sox fan to Lindsay. He asks her to come to Opening Day with him. She accepts. At first the whole Red Sox thing was fine with Lindsay, until it started to go downhill with her relationship with Ben. Now she's stuck in the middle with Ben and his crazy obsession with the Red Sox.
   I love this movie one: because it's about the Red Sox, two: it takes place during the year they broke the Curse, three: it's romantic in its own way. I think this movie is popular to all Red Sox fans like me, because it dealt with the Curse Broken season and it showed what life is like being a fan of the Red Sox. Sure, it's not exciting like any other sports romance comedies, but Fever Pitch is unique in its own way for all citizens of Boston.

       PARENTS GUIDE: This movie is rated PG-13 for sexual innuendo and language. Definitely not for kids ages 5 to 10, because they won't understand the sex references and junk. There's also a porn reference in one scene. There are some scenes where female characters show cleavage. 

       DID YOU KNOW?: Ironically, Jimmy Fallon is a Yankees fan. All events except for one game with the Red Sox vs. the Yankees were real. Following the film's release, the Red Sox would win the World Series again in 2007, 2013, and 2018. New England author Stephen King makes a brief appearance in the movie, throwing the first pitch at Opening Day.