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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanVastly superior to the small and independent films that have come out during the last six months.
- 88New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsA sweetly hilarious romantic comedy about a soccer fan whose favorite pro team's unexpected success threatens to push him over the edge.
- 70Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonIf you don't operate on the premise that soccer is the most important thing in the universe, you might not go along with everything in Fever Pitch.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIt's an amiable enough picture, and genuinely insightful about the emotional appeal of devoted fandom.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe story is unmemorable, but the characters are engaging and their predicaments are all too recognizable.
- Just because a first-person analysis of a sociocultural phenomenon is fascinating in print, it should not necessarily be turned into a movie.
- 40Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis frantic tale seems at once preachy and incoherent, collapsing into a more or less random collection of disconnected, unfocused scenes.
- 30Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonThe entire matter of totemistic home-team dementia is roasted on a spit and then embraced for all its sorry pointlessness.