Fever Pitch (released as The Perfect Catch outside North America) is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by the Farrelly brothers.

Twenty-three years later, the adult Ben is still in Boston, working as a school teacher, and has inherited his uncle's season tickets since his death from cancer.

Lindsey, who knows little about baseball or the Red Sox, learns about the Curse of the Bambino from Ben's stadium friends (including Al Waterman, a sponge salesman who also narrates the story).

Lindsey is knocked unconscious by a line drive foul and recovers but stops going to the games, suggesting Ben will have more fun if he goes with his friends.

Things get worse when Lindsey invites Ben to accompany her to Paris, and he declines because the Red Sox are in the heat of the pennant race.

Moments later, he gets an ecstatic call from his friend Troy, who tells him the Sox overcame a seven-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth to pull off one of the greatest comebacks in team history.

Several Boston Red Sox personnel make appearances in the film, including: players Johnny Damon, Trot Nixon, Jason Varitek and Jim Rice, and announcers Joe Castiglione, Don Orsillo and Dennis Eckersley.

When the Red Sox made the final out to secure a 4–0 win over the Cardinals that broke the Curse, Fox cameras on the live broadcast caught Barrymore and Fallon, as Lindsey and Ben, running onto the field and kissing to celebrate.

[3] Originally, Shawn Levy, who was a huge fan of Nick Hornby's works for years, was attached to direct, with Gwyneth Paltrow playing Lindsey.

[6] After Drew Barrymore replaced Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon joined the cast, Jay Russell,[7] P. J. Hogan,[8] Luke Greenfield,[9] and Mira Nair[10] were all rumored candidates to direct until the studios hired the Farrelly brothers.

The site's critical consensus reads: "While not a home run, Fever Pitch has enough charm and on-screen chemistry between the two leads to make it a solid hit.