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Fever Pitch, 1997

Starring: Colin Firth, Ken Stott

Directed by: David Mickey Evans

Written by: Nick Hornby

Language: English

Country: UK

Runtime: 102 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.6

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Fever Pitch can be described as sentimental, clever, and witty. The plot revolves around ambition, couples relations, and love and romance. The main genres are romance, sports, and comedy. In terms of style, Fever Pitch is talky. In approach, it is realistic. It is located in London. Fever Pitch takes place in the 1980s. It is originally a true story and based on a book.

Summary of Fever Pitch

When Paul (Firth), a middle-aged English teacher in Britain who nurses an obsession for the Arsenal soccer team, meets Sarah, a seemingly uptight young woman who is a single-minded professional, he is forced to drastically re-evaluate his life. Sarah loathes the sport, while Paul's entire life is based on it--it is the only place in his life that allows him to feel true joy or pain, as well as a British national identity. Soon, Sarah is pregnant, and although she's growing to enjoy soccer, she worries that Paul cares more for the sport than for the relationship and the impending arrival of fatherhood. Paul is concerned that the relationship is indeed mirroring the team's streak of wins and losses. As Arsenal approaches the 1989 Championship, it has a final chance to end its 18 year losing streak, and Paul and Sarah have one fleeting chance to restore their touchy union. The film is lent an extra spurt of realism in that the 1989 Arsenal upset is considered one of the touchstones of British soccer history. The script is written by Nick Hornby, author of HIGH FIDELITY, and based on his novel.

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Language:	English
Country:	UK
Release date:	15 October 1999
Runtime:	102 min

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Colin Firth

as Paul Ashworth

Ken Stott

as Ted, the Headmaster

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TV Guide

It's an amiable enough picture, and genuinely insightful about the emotional appeal of devoted fandom. Full Review

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by: Maitland McDonagh

The New York Times

Just because a first-person analysis of a sociocultural phenomenon is fascinating in print, it should not necessarily be turned into a movie. Full Review

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by: Anita Gates

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The movie doesn't try to understand why these two are attracted to each other. Attraction is sometimes unexplainable. You have to admit that "football widow" is a commonly understood term, so it must happen a lot. So don't worry about that part. The... Read and rate it

11.June.2009
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by: jostrem
jostrem rated this movie8/10Great

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