Movie Review: Fever Pitch (1997)

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Fever Pitch (1997)
Director:  David Evans

[editor's note:  I've not read the novel on which this film is based.]

This is one film where my Anglophile friends are going to respond with "OMGZ IT'S THE BEST MOVIE EVARRARAREAR!!!" so bear with us.  We'll get through it together.

The premise of this film is stupendously simple.  There is a man who is a

Comments

[jonnymachinegun]

Three things:

1. Read the novel. It's good. Trust me.
2. I call it soccer just as often - probably more often - than football. This is because American football is my favorite sport. On occasion, I have referred to soccer as "the football," but seldom as "football." Are we all clear now? Great. :-) (Hey, an Anglophile I may be, but let's not diminish my love for the game with the helmets and the oblong ball here.)
3. Despite the fact I follow Arsenal, I've never seen this movie all the way through. Only bits and pieces. I like the recommendation though.

[neblue]

It's not the best film evararararar-cubed as you so eloquently put it, but it really is good. Don't bother with the Americanized one; it's a fucking abomination.

You definitely need to read the book, though. I don't even like Arsenal and I probably read it twice a year.