This 2005 Fever Pitch is the American version of the novel, and seen in an other light than the 1997 British movie. This time it's baseball rather than soccer, Boston Red Sox rather than Arsenal, and Drew Barrymore and the Farrelly brothers getting the headlines for attending watchers rather than Nick Hornby who wrote the novel.
It's not as funny as the British movie and I didn't enjoy the attention turned more towards the woman between a man and his sports, rather than a man torn between a woman and his love for the sports team. I don't think it did them any favors. Stop making American versions of anything great. Rather teach the Americans to accept British humor or subtexts for other languages. The remakes are rarely any better than the originals as they lose out on passion, timing, heart and even talent.
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