Fever Pitch

A football fan tries to reconcile his obsessive love of the game with his job, his romantic relationships, and his life in general in this comedy/drama. Since he was a child in North London, Paul Ashworth (Colin Firth) has been a loyal fan of the Arsenal football team; he attended many a match with ...more

The British "football" played in Fever Pitch is better known as "soccer" to Americans, but while the words are different, the feelings a sports fan has for his or her favorite team are universal. It's this quality that Fever Pitch captures perfectly. If viewers can accept the idea that a diehard soccer fan would even have to consider the dilemma of Paul Ashworth (Colin Firth) -- choosing a wife and child over a seat to the Big Game -- then they are going to enjoy the grittily realistic, ...more